Boling v. Clark
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Court. — Hon. J. H,. . Henderson, Judge. ' This is an action in equity to quiet the title in the plaintiff to five acres of land. There was a decree for the plaintiff,, and the defendant Ruth Clark appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
2. Homestead : conveyance by husband: adverse posession: quieting title. I. The cause was submitted to the court upon an agreed statement of facts, which are in substance as follows: The defendants were married in 1851, and have since that time‘lived together as husband and wife, about 1855 they took up their residence upon a tract of land consisting of twenty-five acres. The title was taken in the name of said Caleb Clark, and the said land or part thereof is still used and occupied by them as a homestead. They have all these years lived in the same house and in the, same place on the land.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Adams v. BealeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Cramer v. ClowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
- Singleton v. National Land Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1918
- Rogers v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- Cummings v. SchreurMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
- Browneller v. WellsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899