Thornily v. Prentice
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Van Burén District Court. — Hon. C. W. Vermillion, Judge. Action in equity to quiet plaintiff’s title in a tract of land in Van Burén county. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The question at issue under the pleadings turns upon the validity or invalidity of a judgment entered by the district court of Van Burén county, which judgment defendant alleges to be a lien upon the land described in the petition. The circumstances material to be stated are as follows: In the year 1887 one J. W. Scott was the owner of a grist mill, in which he desired to place new and improved machinery. To aid him in this enterprise, plaintiff, with other neighbors, signed Scott’s promissory notes for a considerable sum, and in the name of a trustee took a mortgage on the mill property to…
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