Gray v. Bloom
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — How. W. R. Green, Judge. 'Action to quiet title to certain described premises to which plaintiffs claim to hold the legal title as heirs of John P. Williams and Hannah O. Williams, his wife, both deceased. J. C. Spangler, administrator of the estate of Hannah O. Williams, who survived her husband, is also a party plaintiff.
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Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — How. W. R. Green, Judge. 'Action to quiet title to certain described premises to which plaintiffs claim to hold the legal title as heirs of John P. Williams and Hannah O. Williams, his wife, both deceased. J. C. Spangler, administrator of the estate of Hannah O. Williams, who survived her husband, is also a party plaintiff. No defense was made for Solomon Bloom, but George S. Wright by way of answer and- cross-petition alleged title in himself under two separate sheriff’s deeds, executed in pursuance of execution sales under judgments against J. P.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
It appears that in the year 1874, or *568at some time prior thereto, John P. Williams erected on premises described as lots 1 and 2 and the east half of lot 3, in block 7, of Mynster’s addition to Council Bluffs, a building for residence purposes, consisting of four apartments or tenements, the western of which was situated on the west fourteen feet of lot 2 and the east half of lot 3, and that he was in possession and occupation of these tenements by himself and .tenants uninterruptedly until his death in August, 1908. Ilis widow died about a year later, and plaintiffs, who are the children of…
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