Rheim v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Decatur District Court. The plaintiffs, non-resident aliens of tbe United States, and heirs-at-law of John Nicholas Rheim, who, at his death in 1S60, was also a non-resident alien of the United States, and heir-at-law of his son, John Adolphus Rheim, who died without issue, in Decatur county, of this State, seized of forty acres of land, situated in said county, of which plaintiffs now claim to be the joint owners by inheritance, have sued the defendant for a…
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Appeal from Decatur District Court. The plaintiffs, non-resident aliens of tbe United States, and heirs-at-law of John Nicholas Rheim, who, at his death in 1S60, was also a non-resident alien of the United States, and heir-at-law of his son, John Adolphus Rheim, who died without issue, in Decatur county, of this State, seized of forty acres of land, situated in said county, of which plaintiffs now claim to be the joint owners by inheritance, have sued the defendant for a trespass on said land, in cutting and carrying away a large amount of timber and wood from said lands, claiming $300…
1Opinion of the Court
Lowe, Ch. J.
i aliens-inheritance. The question raised by the demurrer has already received attention from this court, and been adjudicated in the case of Krogan et al. v. Kinney et al., Iowa, 242. It was held, in that case, that non-resident aliens of the United States could not, under the laws of this State, acquire and hold lands by inheritance. We still remain of the same opinion, although we admit the act respecting aliens, approved *47March 15, 1858, and which is embodied. in §§ 2488 to 2493 inclusive, of the Revision, is inexplicit and ambiguous, and that our opinion thereon is founded…
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