Schlosser v. Hemphill
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The case is thus stated by the Supreme Court of Iowa, to which it had been carried by appeal from the District Court of Palo Alto county: “This is an action in equity to quiet title to a tract of some two hundred and ninety acres of land in the south half of section 30, township'97, range 34, in Palo Alto county.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The case is thus stated by the Supreme Court of Iowa, to which it had been carried by appeal from the District Court of Palo Alto county: “This is an action in equity to quiet title to a tract of some two hundred and ninety acres of land in the south half of section 30, township'97, range 34, in Palo Alto county. Plaintiff is the admitted owner of lots two and three, forming a part of. said tract, and cOfitaining about 99 acres. According to the original Government survey, made in 1857, this land was adjacent to a lake, which was meandered, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the -opinion of the tíourt.
By its judgment the Supreme Court of Iowa revérsed the decree of the trial court and remanded, the.cause “fob.further proceedings in’harmony with the opinion.of this court.”
We have heretofore held that a judgment couched in such terms is not final in such a sense as to sustain a writ of error from this court. Haseltine v. Bank, 183 U. S. 130. It was there ruled that ¿he face of the judgment is the test of its finality, and that this court cannot be called on to inquire whether, when á cause is…
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