Legal Opinion

Brady v. Otis

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 14, 1874PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Montgomery District Gourt. AotioN in chancery to quiet plaintiff’s title to certain lands in Montgomery county. There was a decree granting the relief prayed for in the petition. Defendants appeal. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

Plaintiff ’s title to the lands in controversy is based upon a proceeding in bankruptcy in the IT. S. District Court for the state of Alabama, wherein one Broom was declared a bankrupt, and the property in question, being a part of the assets, was sold to plaintiff’s grantor.

Defendant, Lockhart, now claims title to the land through a conveyance from the other defendant, Otis, who acquired title under a quit claim deed executed by the bankrupt after the proceedings in bankruptcy were instituted.

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2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ludowici Caladon Co. v. Independent School District of IndependenceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914

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