Wilbur v. Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court.- — Hon. B. P. Birdsall, Judge. Action to quiet title. The cross petition demanded the same relief. Decree was entered quieting title in plaintiff, and defendants appeal. —
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, C. J. —
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3 *65One Devore took possession of the 40 acres of land in controversy by hauling logs on it in 1864, *66and the year following built a log house and broke 27 acres. He occupied it as a claim merely until the fall of 1866, . when he sold out to plaintiff on the condition of the latter being able to enter it as a homestead. The consideration was $200, for which a receipt was given, but no conveyance was executed. Plaintiff took possession immediately, knowing title to be in the United States, and continued in the open and exclusive occupancy of the land until the spring of 1899, —…
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