Woods v. Allen
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Polls District Court. — IíoN. S. E. Prouty, Judge. ActioN to quiet plaintiff’s title to a lot in tbe city of Des Moines. Defendant Evalyn Allen claimed to be tbe owner thereof under a sheriff’s deed resulting from foreclosure proceedings instituted by her husband and co-defendant to fore-dose a mortgage held by him at the time the decree was rendered. The trial court granted the relief prayed in the petition, and the defendants appeal-
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
The property in controversy is known as “Lot 10, block 4, in plat 1, College Park Addition to *696Highland Park,” now within the limits of the city of Des 1. Quieting-title: fraudulent conveyance; erroneous recital in decree. Moines. Reuben Allen at one time held a mortgage on this property, which he foreclosed against the then owners, his wife béing the purchaser at the foreclosure sale. As the then owners did not redeem, a sheriff's deed was issued to the wife, Evalyn Allen. This deed was executed April 30, 1895. Thereafter, and on the 8th day of May, 1896, Anna S. Woods, a judgment creditor of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Woods v. AllenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
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