Hamilton v. Wright
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from General Term, First District (Lee County). In October, 1842, one Jeremy G. Anderson purchased of Richard F. Barrett the north fractional half of fractional section thirteen, in township sixty-six, north of range five west, it being a part of the land known in this State as the Half Breed Tract.
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Appeal from General Term, First District (Lee County). In October, 1842, one Jeremy G. Anderson purchased of Richard F. Barrett the north fractional half of fractional section thirteen, in township sixty-six, north of range five west, it being a part of the land known in this State as the Half Breed Tract. The said Barrett’s title was derived under tax sales and deeds for all said tract for taxes of 1838 and 1839, his deeds being dated in May and December, 1841. The said Jeremy G. Anderson took possession of said land the same month, October, 1842, and continued to reside thereon with his…
1Opinion
Opinion on rehearing:
Cole, J.
The foregoing opinion was filed at the June term, 1870. A petition for rehearing was afterward submitted by appellant’s counsel, and a rehearing granted. The cause has now been again argued and submitted to the court. It was claimed by counsel for appellant that in the preceding opinion the finding by the court that the plaintiffs’ ancestor had entered into possession of the premises in October, 1842, about the date of the deed by Barrett to him, was in conflict with a fair construction of the plaintiff’s pleadings. "Without conceding or controverting this claim,…
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