Smith v. Keeley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clay District Gourt. — Hon. D. F. Coyle, Judge. Action to recover damages for breach of convenant of seisin.of real property. A demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was' sustained, and, plaintiff electing to stand upon his petition, judgment was rendered for defendant, from whicl^ plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
Through a chain of conveyances by warranty deed from' the devisee of one James Brewer, the plaintiff claimed title, and was in possession by himself or those holding under him by contract, of the tract of land in controversy, when an action for partition was instituted against him by one Vespasian Warner, claiming to hold legal title to an undivided interest in said land to the extent of fifteen fifty-fourths thereof. This plaintiff, one of the defendants in the partition suit, notified this defendant, who is his immediate, grantor and certain other remote grantors in the chain of title…
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