County of Buena Vista v. I. F. & S. C. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buena Vista District Gowrt. This is a proceeding to obtain a new trial in an action in chancery in which a decree was rendered against defendant granting the relief prayed for in plaintiff’s petition. A demurrer to defendant’s petition was sustained, and from this decision it appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The history of the case prior to the filing of the petition for a new trial is shown in that pleading, and may be briefly stated as follows:
i. judgment: attorney: mistake ¿f. The plaintiff, the county of Buena Yista, on the 2d day of October, 1876, filed its petition in chancery, alleging that it is the owner in fee simple of a large quantity of lands situated within its borders, which are particularly described according to the government subdivisions. It claims title thereto under the swamp land grant, averting that each. separate tract is wet and swampy, and the *658title thereof vested in…
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