Shorthill v. Ferguson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. The defendant, George W. Ferguson, sold the N. 1¿- of S. E. J Sec. 3, 86, 29, in Webster county, Iowa, to one Johnson, and conveyed the same to him by deed, with covenants of warranty and of right to convey, the consideration expressed in the deed being five hundred dollars, although in fact it was much less.
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Appeal from Marshall District Court. The defendant, George W. Ferguson, sold the N. 1¿- of S. E. J Sec. 3, 86, 29, in Webster county, Iowa, to one Johnson, and conveyed the same to him by deed, with covenants of warranty and of right to convey, the consideration expressed in the deed being five hundred dollars, although in fact it was much less. Said Johnson sold the same to plaintiffs, Albert E. Shorthill and Caroline A. Shorthill, and conveyed the same by deed, with covenants of warranty and of right to convey. At the time the plaintiffs bought they were shown the deed from Ferguson to…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
I. The plaintiffs, to sustain the issues on their part, offered in evidence a certified abstract from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., as follows:
O. Department of the Interior, General Land Office, May 1st, 1874.
I, W. W. Curtis, Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office, do hereby certify that the annexed is a true and literal exemplification from the records of this office of Sec,. 3, Tp. 86 N., Range 29 west, Iowa.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of this office to be affixed, at the City of Washington, on the…
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