Clifton Heights Land Co. v. Randell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — IIon. W. F.„ Cosbad, Judge. Action to quiet the title to lot 22, South Park addition to Des Moines, Iowa. The plaintiff claims to be the owner of said lot by patent title, and the defendant claims to own it under a tax sale thereof for the taxes of 1877, and a deed issued thereon. Each party denies the other’s titie. A decree was entered for the-plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals.-
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. B. F. Allen was the owner of the patent-title to a tract of land including the lot in ques-1. CONVEYANCE unincorporated company: title. tion. He conveyed the tract by deed, dated February 15, and recorded March 3, 1870, to the South Park Company, the plaintiff’s grantor, by which it was, with other land, platted into lots, etc. April 22, 1870, articles of incorporation of the South Park Company were filed for record. The appellant contends that as the South Park Company was not-incorporated when the deed was executed there was no grantee, and, therefore, the deed did not pass title to…
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