Lacey v. Marnan

The appellee brought this action against the appellants to recover for a breach of the covenant of seizin in a deed of lands in Iowa. The execution of the deed is alleged in the first paragraph of the complaint, a copy of it is filed therewith, and it is further alleged' that the defendants could not warrant and defend the title to the land to the plaintiff, because, at the time of making the deed, nor before or since, had they any title to the same; but the same was government land; that no possession of the land was given or taken, and that he cannot take possession thereof for *169want of…