Hays v. Marsh
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. Henry Bank, Jr., J udge. Suit in equity to quiet plaintiff’s title tp certain real estate. Defendant denied plaintiff’s claim, and pleaded title in himself. The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s petition, and quieted title in defendant. Plaintiff appeals. — ■
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
Samuel F. Hays was at one time the owner of the property in dispute. In March of the year 1868, for the consideration of $1,000, he conveyed the same by warranty deed to his wife, Elizabeth Hays. Elizabeth was the sister of defendant, Marsh. She died in the spring of 1895, without issue, her husband, the plaintiff herein, surviving. He claims that he is entitled to the real estate of which she died seised because of a decree in a partition suit awarding the land to him, that he is entitled to it by adverse possession, and that the decree awarding the same to defendant should not have been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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