Griffith v. Murray
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. Henry Bank, JR., Judge. • Action to quiet title to certain real estate. Defendant T. N. Murray claimed to be the owner, under a certain deed and by adverse possession and acquiescence. There was a decree for the defendant T. N. Murray that he was the owner, and the plaintiff’s petition was dismissed. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The land in controversy consists of about fourteen acres east of the creek and west of the west line of the east seventy-eight acres of lots 4 and 5. The following plat will give a better understanding of the situation than a statement of it:
Plaintiff brought suit to quiet title. All defendants, except T. N. Murray, filed disclaimers. Plaintiff bases his claim on a quit-claim deed executed to him in 1909 by the heirs of James Peckham. This deed was executed more than forty years after James Peckham and wife had conveyed to Jacob M. Murray, by warranty deed, land described as follows: East…
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