Lees v. Wetmore
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. Aciton to quiet the title to and recover tbe possession of certain real estate situated in Guthrie county. The cause was originally brought at law, but upon the filing of an amended and substituted petition, was transferred to the chancery docket; and upon a trial on the merits a decree was rendered granting the relief prayed for by plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeoic, J.
1. EQUITY : action to quiet title: possession. I. The substituted petition sets out-certain proceedings in the probate court and conveyances thereunder, nPon which plaintiff’s claim to recover the land is based, and prays that his title may be quieted and that c]0U(j thereon, by reason of the conveyances, under which' plaintiff claims title, may be removed. After this pleading was filed the cause', upon application of plaintiff, was transferred to the equity docket and tried as an *172action in chancery. Defendant insists that this action was erroneous, for the reason that he is in possession of…
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