Buena Vista County v. Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE' SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. This suit ia equity was commenced by the plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, in the District Court of Buena Yista County, in the State of Iowa, for the purpose of establishing its equitable title in fee simple to five hundred and fifty-three forty-acre tracts of land, lying within its limits, and seeking a conveyance of the legal title thereto, held by the defendant. , It was claimed that the lands in question…
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IN ERROR TO THE' SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. This suit ia equity was commenced by the plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, in the District Court of Buena Yista County, in the State of Iowa, for the purpose of establishing its equitable title in fee simple to five hundred and fifty-three forty-acre tracts of land, lying within its limits, and seeking a conveyance of the legal title thereto, held by the defendant. , It was claimed that the lands in question were granted by the Swamp-land Act of September 28, 1850,. 9 Stat. 519, to the State of Iowa; all such lands having been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
He stated the facts in the foregoing language and continued:
'The grounds on which the Supreme Court of Iowa proceeded are stated in its opinion, reported in 55 Iowa, 157, as follows:
“~We think the evidence incompetent upon several grounds. Section 929 of the revision requires that the agent shall be appointed by the County Court at a regular term thereof. The proper evidence of the appointment is the production of the record of the county court. If no record was made, or it has been Jost, the written appointment of the agent should be produced. If that is not available, and parol evidence of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- County of Buena Vista v. I. F. & S. C. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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