First Presbyterian Church v. Logan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action to quiet the title of certain town lots in plaintiff. After a trial upon the merits, plaintiff’s petition was dismissed. It now appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The defendant Logan, in 1877, soon after the organization of plaintiff, conveyed to it certain lots in the town of Logan, to be used for the erection thereon of plaintiff’s house of worship. The block in which the lots were located had been, about a year before the sale, divided anew, so that the new lots were of sizes, descriptions and designations different from the lots as they were under the original subdivision. The property was enclosed with a fence, which we understand was erected before the new subdivision, and conformed to the old. The conveyance to plaintiff described the…
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