Legal Opinion

Braun v. Mathieson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 6, 1908PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Woodbury District Court.— How. John F. Olivee, Judge; ActioN to quiet title. A demurrer to plaintiff’s "petition being sustained, judgment was rendered for the defendant, from which plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

McClain, J.—

From the allegations of the petition it appears that in 1882 one Ludwig Braun entered the land in controversy as a timber culture claim pursuant to Act of Congress, June 14, 1878, chapter 190 (20 Stat. 113), and in 1893, Ludwig Braun having in the meantime died without receiving the patent to the land under his claim, patent thereto was issued by the 'United States unto the “ heirs of Ludwig Braun, deceased ”; it being recited that the claim of said heirs had been established and duly confirmed in conformity to law. Ludwig Braun left surviving him his widow, Matilda, and his son,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Maynard v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Frisbie v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Thornton v. WynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  4. Hall v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  5. Estate of Kuhn v. KuhnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. McAllister v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  2. In re Bullen's EstateUtah Supreme Court · 1915
  3. In re the Estate of WilliamsNevada Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Boyles v. CoraSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
  5. Klein v. BlackshereSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923

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