Coulthard v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. Q-. W. Wakefield, Judge. Action to recover for the use and occupation of certain land. The defendant denies generally the allegations of the petition, and avers that he rented the land of one Palen, and that the plaintiff had no right, title or interest in the land.
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Appeal from Harrison District Court. — Hon. Q-. W. Wakefield, Judge. Action to recover for the use and occupation of certain land. The defendant denies generally the allegations of the petition, and avers that he rented the land of one Palen, and that the plaintiff had no right, title or interest in the land. Palen, who intervenes, claims, as owner of the land, and as lessor of the defendant, one third of the corn raised by the defendant on the land which was reserved to the intervenor as rent, and was seized upon an attachment issued In this case. From a verdict and judgment for the…
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
I. The land, the title whereof is brought in controversy in this action, is situated immediately adjacent to the banks of the Missouri river. It is not disputed that the. plaintiff acquired, by contract of purchase from the county, three lots of land, which it acquired under the swamp land grant. Nearly all of the land cultivated by the defendant, to recover the value of the use whereof this action is brought, lies between the meandered line of these lots and the Missouri river, and is claimed by the plaintiff as accretions to his- land. The defendant and the intervenor not only deny that the…
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- McFerrin v. WiltseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930
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