Mathews v. Culbertson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sioux Dist/rict Court. — Hon. George W, Wakefield, Judge. Action in equity to quiet the title to four hundred and sixty acres of land in Sioux couiity, claimed by the defendants tinder certain tax deeds. After a hearing on the merits, a decree was rendered in favor of the ■defendants. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The land in controversy was patented to one Horace M. Peck, in the year 1859. The appellants claim that Peck conveyed tbe land to one Uriah Upjohn by a deed which was recorded in Sioux county in the year 1863; that Upjohn conveyed it to William H. Stanley by a deed which was recorded in the year 1866; and that Stanley conveyed it .to the plaintiff Mathews [in the year 1868. In October, 1884, Mathews entered into an agreement with his coplaintiff, G. W. Pitts, to convey to him the land for the consideration of twenty-three hundred dollars/ of which three hundred and ninety-five dollars was…
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