Lashbrook v. Eldridge
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blade JETawle Cvr&wit Comet. Action in chancery to quiet the title to certain lands, and recover possession, thereof. Defendants among other defenses set up a claim for improvements made by them and their grantors upon the lands. By the decree of the court defendants’ claim for improvements were set off against plaintiff’s claim for tlie rents and profits, the court holding that the claims of the respective parties were equal. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The present plaintiff and another commenced the action. The petition shows that the plaintiffs therein named, Geo. L. and Richard A. Lashbrook, are brothers, and the last named is a minor and is represented in the action by his next friend; that they are the owners in fee simple of the land in controversy; that defendants claim title under a deed purporting to have been executed by both of the plaintiffs when they were minors, one aged seven, the other eleven, years; that the deed was without consideration, and each of the plaintiffs have disaffirmed it, and that defendant also claims title…
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