Polk County v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Areals from PolTc District Court. — Hon. W. P. Conead, Judge. Action in equity to subject certain real estate, the title to which is in the defendant Emma Nelson, to the payment of certain judgments against the defendant Daniel Nelson. Judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, C. J.
1. Judgement: lien after cancellation. — I. These actions were consolidated and submitted on a single record. The material facts in the first are as follows: The defendant Nelson obtained title to the real estate in controversy in 1875, and remained the owner thereof until 1879. In 1877, the state of Iowa recovered a judgment against him for five hundred dollars in a criminal proceeding. In 1881, he was, by virtue of process issued on said judgment, committed to jail, and made a schedule of his property, executed his notes for the amount of the judgment, and was released from jail. In 1882,…
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