Hume v. Franzen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Audubon District Court. Action to quiet title to 120 acres of land in Audubon county. There was a decree for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.-
i. vendors ers! good!88" equity!101106’ -Both parties claim through one Jolm M. Kirk. The land was entered in Kirk’s name, though in trust for one John B. Yail, who furnished the considera-Uon. Soon after- the entry Kirk undertook to make a transfer of the land to Yail. As to whether it had the effect to transfer the legal title is one of the disputed points, but it is not material to determine the question. Yail was certainly the equitable owner from the outset, and the plaintiff, by different conveyances, became the owner of his equitable interest, and was such at the time of…
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