Dice v. Brown
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Palo Alto District Court. — Hon. George H. Carr, Judge. Action in equity to confirm in the plaintiffs the title to certain real estate, and to quiet that title as against the defendants. There was a hearing on the merits, and a decree for the defendants. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In August, of the- year 1858, Ephraim D. Johnson, a resident of the state of Ohio, died testate, seized in fee simple of the southwest quarter of section 2, and the southeast quarter of section 3, in township 94, north of range 34 west, in Palo Alto county. His wife, Maranda Y. Johnson, and his children, Mary J., George E., and Lillie L. Johnson, survived him, and the land described was devised to them. His widow afterward married one Dice, who is now dead. Mary J. married a man named Harmless. Lillie L. married Alonza L. Wright, by whom she had two sons, Clyde L. and C. Leroy Wright, and…
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