Ida County Savings Bank v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ida District Court. — IIon. F. M. Powers, Judge. 'Action to quiet title and to recover possession of a fractional forty acres of land. The defendant answered that he was in possession of the land in pursuance of purchase thereof from the plaintiff through its officers. By cross-bill he prayed that his title thereto be quieted. There was a decree for the defendant on his cross-bill, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
i. Real proptup? qmetms evidence. The plaintiff is a savings bank located in Ida Grove, Iowa. The alleged oral purchase of the land by defendant occurred in 1901. The plaintiff had recently acquired the land by foreclosure of a mortgage thereon. Prior to June 4, 1901, Hadlock was president and Dessel was vice president of the barde. On the date named, Dessel became president and Hadlock retired and soon thereafter removed from the state. The land was acquired by the bank in 1900. At about the same time, a contract of sale thereof was made to one Buss. By reason of some objection to the title,…
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