Estate of Rockafellow v. Lihs

HAYDEN, Judge.

Roger Rockafellow, as executor of the estate of Stella Rockafellow and successor in interest to the original grantor, brought this action to quiet title to a strip of railroad property located on his farmland. Rockafellow claims title pursuant to Iowa Code section 327G.76-.77 (1991) because the strip of land was a railroad right-of-way and has been abandoned. Rockafel-low contends the original deed conveyed only an easement and thus the property reverts to the estate. One contestant of the quiet title action, Hoover Nature Trail Inc. (Hoover), claims the conditions for reversion…