Capital City Investment Co. v. Burnham
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court.- — IIon. Jesse A. Miller, Judge. Action to recover damages' for breach of the covenants of warranty in a deed for the sale of certain real estate in the city of Des Moines. The trial court directed a verdict for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
On August 17, 1904, plaintiff purchased of defendants, E. L. Burnham and his wife, Charlotte, the S. one-third of lot 5, block C, in an addition to the city of Des Moines, and received from them a deed with the ordinary covenants of general warranty. It is claimed in the petition:
That a portion of the real estate thereby conveyed, located and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the N. "VV. corner of the S. 1-3 of lot 5, block C, Commissioners’ addition to Et. Des Moines, now within the corporate limits of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa; running thence south, along the west…
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