Bradley v. Jamison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. Action in chancery to quiet in plaintiff t'lie title of certain lands in Cerro Gordo county. The defendants in their answer set up title in defendant, Cole, and pray that certain conveyances under which plaintiff claims title may be declared null and the title to the land be quieted in him. Upon the final hearing a decree was rendered dismissing plaintiff’s petition, from which he appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. Both parties claim title under one Herman C. Green. The plaintiff’s claim of title consists of a power of attorney executed by Green, authorizing a sale of the lands, a deed of trust executed in his name by the attorney in fact, to secure certain indebtedness therein specified, proceedings in an action to foreclose the deed of trust and a deed by the sheriff executed upon a decree of foreclosure rendered in such action.
The defendant’s title is based upon a deed executed by Green subsequently to the execution and recording of the sheriff’s deed.
Plaintiff’s title depends upon the sufficiency…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Thatcher v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Shea v. QuintinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Bardsley v. HinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
3Cited by10 opinions
- Barber v. MorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Crittenden Lumber Co. v. McDougalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Kelley v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Schaller & Son v. MarkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Bradley v. ColeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.