Legal Opinion

Morley v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 4, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Monona District Court. — George Jbpson, ■ Judge. This case involves a controversy over a division line. Plaintiff claims the line by acquiescence. Decree for the plaintiff. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, C. J.

1. Boundaries : acquiescence: conflicting governmental lines. Plaintiff claims to he the owner of the east % and the defendant claims to be the owner of the west % of the NE14 of the SW% of Section 30, Township 84, Range 45, Monona County, Iowa. The controversy here involves the dividing line north and south between these two fractional parts of this forty. Hereafter, for convenience, we will call plaintiff’s land the. east 15 acres, and the defendant’s land, the west 25 acres.

Plaintiff’s father, and grantor, obtained title to this east 15 acres from C. A. McWilliams, in the fall of 1896, and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Miller v. Mills CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  2. Grube v. WellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
  3. Dwight v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  4. Griffin v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
  5. Klinkner v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Olson v. ClarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
  2. Carstensen v. BrownWyoming Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Petrus v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
  4. Chandler v. HopsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  5. Hovendick v. RubyWyoming Supreme Court · 2000

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