Gardner v. Gardner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Decatur District Court. Defendant held certain lands, by a verbal lease, under Bridges, and afterward Baker, as guardians of certain minor heirs of Marietta Bradley, deceased. He thus held from year to year, from 1863 to March 1867, when, having paid his rent in full to the then guardian, he quit the premises. The deceased, Marietta Bradley, held by a conveyance from Daniel Bradley.
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Appeal from Decatur District Court. Defendant held certain lands, by a verbal lease, under Bridges, and afterward Baker, as guardians of certain minor heirs of Marietta Bradley, deceased. He thus held from year to year, from 1863 to March 1867, when, having paid his rent in full to the then guardian, he quit the premises. The deceased, Marietta Bradley, held by a conveyance from Daniel Bradley. In 1863, and after her death, the land was sold under an execution against said Daniel. Plaintiff purchased and obtained a sheriff’s deed July 5, 1864. On the 1st of January, 1865, he commenced a…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
l. landlord liability of ' one fiajutiged to "be the legal owner. The whole law of this case, and that which is decisive of it, was contained in the first instruction of the court below to the jury, to wit: If, prior to the time plaintiff obtained his sheriff’s deed, the land had been conveyed to, 7 , '' or fold by? the heirs of Marietta .Bradley, who by their guardian had rented the same to defendant and placed him in possession, and if the said defendant had paid the rents in full to said guardian, then he (defendant) would not be liable for rents accruing prior to the decree confirming the…
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