Rowell v. Clark
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clay District Court. — Hon. W. B. Quarton,. Judge. Action to quiet plaintiff’s title to certain lands in Clay county, Iowa. Defendant’s denied plaintiff’s ownership, pleaded an estoppel, the statute of limitations,, and adverse possession.
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Appeal from Clay District Court. — Hon. W. B. Quarton,. Judge. Action to quiet plaintiff’s title to certain lands in Clay county, Iowa. Defendant’s denied plaintiff’s ownership, pleaded an estoppel, the statute of limitations,, and adverse possession. They also asserted title to various subdivisions immediately surrounding that belonging to-plaintiff, and claimed that the property in dispute was and is a part of their several tracts, and they asked that their titles be quieted and the corners and boundaries of the several tracts located and established. The case was tried to the court,…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff is the owner of the N. \ of the N. i of section 4, township 97, range 85 W., in Olay county, Iowa, having acquired his title by warranty deed on December 7, 1895. According to the original plat and field notes, this tract of land was fractional, and, instead of ■containing one hundred and sixty acres, embraced not more than one hundred and thirty-five acres. Defendants -say that according to actual measurement it contained not more than thirty-five and forty-hundredths acres. Defendant Barnard is the owner of E. ‡ of the S. E. | of the aforesaid section, defendant Clark the owner of…
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