Baker v. Kenney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. — Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. Action to quiet title. The court sustained a demurrer to defendant’s answer, and, on election of defendant to stand on his pleading, a decree was entered for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
— In 1893 William Lyons, who was then the owner of the ten-acre tract of land situated in Lucas County to which this controversy relates, executed to defendant an instrument duly acknowledged and recorded, of which the following is the material portion:
Know all men by these presents: That we, Wm. Lyons and Cecelia Lyons, his wife, of the township of Whitbreast, -county of Lucas and state of Iowa, parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, lawful money of the United States, to be paid by Michael Kenney, of the township of Whitbreast, county…
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