Griffin v. Turner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clay District Court. — Hon. George H. Carr, Judge. ■Action in equity to quiet tlie title to real estate. After a trial by the court tbe petition of plaintiff was dismissed, and lie appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— Plaintiff claims to be the owner in fee-simple of the south half of the southeast quarter of section 6, township 94, range 35, in Clay county. This land was entered on the twenty-fifth day of May, 1857, by Jane Bruce. On the first day of December, 1859, a patent therefor was issued to her assignee, Edward A. Puller, but never recorded. On the twenty-third day of July, 1884, Ed. Puller and wife executed a deed to plaintiff for the consideration of twenty-five dollars, “ conveying their interest in and to ” the land in question. This was never recorded. The defendant Mary T. Turner claims to…
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