Little v. Browning

The petition is drawn under Section 1970, Revised Statutes 1919. The purpose of the proceeding is to quiet title to land in Linn County. No equities are set up in either the petition or answer. The case was tried to the court sitting as a jury. No declarations of law were asked or given.

It is stipulated that Eliza J. Hornbeck is the common source of title. She acquired the land in 1874. In 1880 she died intestate. She was survived by her husband, Isaac, and by six children, the plaintiffs Martha J. Little and Alice II. Reynolds and defendants John Hornbeck, Frank Hornbeck, Mary Young…