Legal Opinion

Quinn v. Quinn

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 21, 1889PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Washington District Court. — Hon. D. Ryan, Judge. Action to quiet the title to lands, and for an accounting. There was a decree quieting the title of plaintiff to a part of the lands, but no other relief was granted. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

— I. The plaintiff is a son of the defendant. He alleges that about the time he became of age he and his father entered into a parol contract to the effect that plaintiff should remain and labor upon the farm of defendant and should receive one-half of the land and one-half of the stock ; that, after laboring under this contract for many years, the parties had a settlement, in which it was agreed that, plaintiff should have eighty acres of the land, which should be conveyed to him, and the undivided one-third of sixty acres, and that the cattle should be sold, and the proceeds divided between…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ratigan v. RatiganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  2. Wallis v. ClinkenbeardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1932
  3. Burch v. WickliffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  4. Cramer v. ClowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  5. Independent District v. FagenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895

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