Porter v. Kilgore
Supreme Court of Iowa
Aprpedt from Decatwr District Gowrt. Action in chancery. Decree granting the relief prayed for by plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that one Parsons, being the owner of certain lots in Leon, in 1855, executed a mortgage thereon to the school fund of Decatur county to secure the payment of $250, with annual interest at ten per centum per annum. In 186.3, this mortgage was foreclosed by an action against Parsons and his sureties on the note, and, in 1865, the property was sold on .the judgment to the State. Plaintiff became the purchaser of the title derived from the State. Parsons, after the execution of the mortgage, conveyed the property, and Wilson Wainscott is now the owner of the title claimed…
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