Moorman v. Gibbs
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. J. K. Johnson, Judge. Action to quiet the title in plaintiff to certain city lots. Upon a trial on the merits there was a decree for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
— I. The facts, briefly stated, upon which the cause is to be determined, are as follows: One M. B. Sturges, then the undisputed owner of the lots, conveyed them, April 12, 1883, to plaintiff. The deed was not filed for record until March 17, 1885. May 5,. 1883, defendant caused the lots and other property to be attached in an action against W. B. Sturges. In this action M. B. Sturges intervened, claiming all the property attached. Pending this action, a settlement was had between defendant and M. B. Sturges ; and under it all the property attached, except the lots involved in this action,…
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