Benton v. Dumbarton Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — -Hon. Frank R. Gaynor, Judge. Action by plaintiff as an occupying claimant to recover the value of improvements placed upon a tract of land, which was finally awarded to defendant. On issues joined the case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict for plaintiff, and judgment was accordingly entered. Defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
In December, of the year 1905, defendant filed a petition against plaintiff and others, in the district court of Woodbury county, to quiet the title to certain lands on the river front in Sioux City, Iowa, known as the “Dumbarton tract.” Plaintiff herein, one of thé defendants in that suit, filed an answer and cross-petition on February 1, 1906, in which he alleged that the land belonged to the state of Iowa; that he had made application to purchase the same ; that plaintiff’s petition be dismissed; and that he have a decree quieting his title as against the plaintiff and his eodefendants in…
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