Weinig v. Holcomb
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn Circuit Cou/rt — Hon. J. H. Preston, J udge. Action in equity to determine the ownership of certain real estate. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The land in controversy is a part of lot 1, in section 17, in township 83 N. of range 7 W., and consists of a few acres of land on which there is a stone-quarry. Both parties claim title through or from J. J. Epley, but we understand that plaintiff’s paper or record title is perfect, and that defendant’s is not, for the reason that the strip of land in dispute is not included in the several conveyances under which *144defendant claims, but that in fact it is excluded by description therefrom. This being so, the defendant claims that he and his grantors have been in open, visible and notorious…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Grube v. WellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
3Cited by5 opinions
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