Mulroy v. Churchman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Warren Cvreuit Court. Action to recover the possession of forty acres of land. An equitable defense was pleaded by defendants, and the cause was submitted to the court without a jury, and judgment rendered for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
i.taxation: land owned. by church: ground? The plaintiff claims to recover the hind under' a tax deed executed March 4th, 1876. The defendants, as an equitable defense, allege in the answer that the n . , . , laud, being forty acres according to the government subdivision, was conveyed in 1855 to Mathias Loras, Bishop of the Catholic Church, for the use and purpose of a burying ground in connection with a Catholic Church in the neighborhood. It is alleged that the purpose of the conveyance was, through mistake, not mentioned in the deed, and that the land has been used since it…
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