Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Pearl City Fuel Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Wm. Theophilus, ' Judge. 'Action in equity to quiet title to a portion of tbe right of way of plaintiff railway company within the corporate, limits of the city of Muscatine. There was a decree quieting in plaintiffs the title to all the real estate involved in the suit.
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'Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Wm. Theophilus, ' Judge. 'Action in equity to quiet title to a portion of tbe right of way of plaintiff railway company within the corporate, limits of the city of Muscatine. There was a decree quieting in plaintiffs the title to all the real estate involved in the suit. Jacob Grimm is the grantee of one William G. Block, and in the conveyance, Block attempted to convey the real estate in dispute, which would include the buildings thereon, to Grimm. The decree rendered herein, after quieting title in plaintiffs, made a finding of fact that Block made…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Quieting title : proceeding iind relief: scope of inquiry : rights of occupying claimant. 1. We have not been favored with an argument for appellees. The notice of appeal recites that the appeal is from the judgment and decree rendered in said cause August 16, 1915, and from the judgment on said decree which was entered on September 11, 1915. From the record presented, it is doubtful whether any judgment was rendered on September 11, 1915. The original decree provided for the appointment of appraisers and that they should report to the court. Their report is as follows:
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