Legal Opinion

Hawley v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 30, 1903Published

Appeal from Clay District Court. — Ho®. Lot Thomas, Judge. Or the above-entitled actions, Nos. 2,300, 2,308, and 2,326 are suits in equity to set aside certain tax deeds, and redeem from tax sales under which defendants claim title to lands owned hy plaintiff s’ ancestor, John Irwin, in Olay county, Iowa.

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Appeal from Clay District Court. — Ho®. Lot Thomas, Judge. Or the above-entitled actions, Nos. 2,300, 2,308, and 2,326 are suits in equity to set aside certain tax deeds, and redeem from tax sales under which defendants claim title to lands owned hy plaintiff s’ ancestor, John Irwin, in Olay county, Iowa. Actions Nos. 497, 572, and 1,695 were originally brought by the plaintiffs named therein to quiet their title to the same lands above referred to, and decrees obtained as prayed for. In these last-named actions, the parties who are plaintiffs in the first three actions above named appear and…

1ConcurrenceDeeheR, J.

I concur with Judge Bishop in the views above expressed.

Supplemental Opinion, October 31, 1903.

Supplemental opinion on reheañug. — Denied.

2Per curiam

Plaintiffs’ counsel, in an able and exhaustive petition for a rehearing, challenge the positions taken by the majority of the court on a former hearing, and ask for a modification of the conclusions reached on that hearing, in any event, because of an alleged misapprehension of the facts.

Turning again to the abstracts, which are very voluminous, we find that case JSTo. 2,300 was an action brought by plaintiffs, Hawley et al., against Griffin et al, to…

3Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Fisher v. ShropshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Harrison v. Hartford Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  3. Carrier v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  4. Snyder v. IvesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
  5. Sweatt v. FavilleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867

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