Williams v. Collins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. This action involves the title to a farm in Marion county. The plaintiff' claims to be the equitable owner of the land, and seeks to quiet his title as against all of the defendants, and to set aside and vacate a conveyance thereof made to the defendant Nathan- Collins. There was a decree for the plaintiff in the court below granting part of the relief he demanded, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Rotiírock, J.
1. i-iiAtrouanco'; no re-ey covery toy grantor of grantee: when the rule does not apply. I. The plaintiff was the owner of a farm which he inherited, in part at least, from his father, who died when plaintiff was a child some ten or twelve years of age. Soon after plaintiff became twenty- «/ o ±. ^ */ one years old, he sold the farm for about $3,000 ^ ’ in cash. He contracted with one Marion Younm for another farm, and paid him $100 in hand, and agreed to pay him $2,900 as soon as the land was conveyed to him, and $800 in two years, to be secured by personal security, or by a…
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