Morrow v. Weed
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Muscatine District Court. The plaintiff, tbe daughter and. heir at law, of James G-. Morrow, deceased, brings her action to recover lot 10, in block 55, in Muscatine, Iowa. The title to the lot was in tbe deceased, and is in tbe plaintiff, unless it was divested by a sale thereof, by J. L. Parmer, as administrator on the estate of J. Gr. Morrow. Brooks bought at the sale, and conveyed to Weed.
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Appeal from the Muscatine District Court. The plaintiff, tbe daughter and. heir at law, of James G-. Morrow, deceased, brings her action to recover lot 10, in block 55, in Muscatine, Iowa. The title to the lot was in tbe deceased, and is in tbe plaintiff, unless it was divested by a sale thereof, by J. L. Parmer, as administrator on the estate of J. Gr. Morrow. Brooks bought at the sale, and conveyed to Weed. The only questions made, are upon the proceedings of the Probate Court, granting the license, and upon those of the administrator. Dn the 30th July, 1846, the administrator filed his…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The subject matter of this cause, namely, the law relating to the collateral impeachment of the proceedings of courts, has received quite a free investigation by this court, in the case of Cooper v. Sunderland, 3 Iowa, 114. Many questions arise- — the cases are exceedingly numerous — and great confusion, and but little rule, prevails among them. In the ease of Cooper v. Sunderland, we endeavored to ascertain some rules which should serve as guides in the decision of all similar cases; and to that, we refer for the principal part of our discussion of the subject.
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