Dumbarton Realty Co. v. Erickson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. F. R. Gaynor, Judge. Action in equity to quiet title to real estate. Twenty-seven different persons, claiming title to portions of the land in question, are named as defendants in plaintiff’s petition, and the state of Iowa, also claiming title, makes itself a party by intervention.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. F. R. Gaynor, Judge. Action in equity to quiet title to real estate. Twenty-seven different persons, claiming title to portions of the land in question, are named as defendants in plaintiff’s petition, and the state of Iowa, also claiming title, makes itself a party by intervention. On trial to the court there was a decree for the plaintiff, under date of December 2, 1907. On April 1, 1908, the state of Iowa by its counsel filed a petition for a new trial, ■ upon grounds which will be more fully stated in the opinion. Later other defendants filed…
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Though not directly involved in this appeal, a brief statement of the nature of the issue presented in the original case will tend to a clearer understanding of the merits of the several propositions argued by counsel. At one time, more or less remote, the plaintiff or its grantors owned certain lots and blocks of land in Sioux City, near, but not directly bordering upon, the *679Missouri river, while the defendants (except the state of Iowa) owned the lands lying between those first above mentioned and the river shore. Thereafter, according to plaintiff’s claim, the river by gradual and…
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