O'Dell v. Browning
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — E. B. Woodruff, Judge. Suit to quiet title. The defendant Joicy Browning set up a claim of title to an undivided one-half interest in the tract in controversy. By cross-petition, she asks to quiet her title. There was a decree for plaintiffs as prayed, and the defendants have appealed. —
1Opinion of the Court
Evans J.
— I. The land in controversy is a 10-acre tract. The plaintiffs are the heirs 'at law of Sarah O’Dell, who died intestate, February 24, 1913, and who had been the occupant of such land for many years prior to her death. She purchased the land in July, 1897, from J. P. Martin, and obtained from him a conveyance thereof, with full covenants of warranty. She entered into immediate possession under her deed, and enclosed the land, and made her home thereon continuously up to the time of her death. At or about the same time, she purchased other adjoining tracts, and occupied the same as…
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