Mathews v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa Circuit Court. Action at law to recover certain lands. There was a trial to the court without a jury, and a judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. Plaintiffs, to establish their title to the land, introduced a deed to them, executed 1857 by Thomas Bross. They then offered in evidence a title bond, executed by the same party in 1854, to the guardian of plaintiff for the same property, claiming to show thereby that the land was actually purchased at the date thereof. Upon objection made by defendant, this instrument was not admitted in evidence. Plaintiffs then introduced evidence showing their ages to be twenty-eight and thirty years respectively, and also proved the value of the rent of the land, and other matters tending to…
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