Gruwell v. Gruwell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — D. M. Anderson, . Judge. Originally, this was a suit in equity to reform a deed. By subsequent amendment, it became a suit to construe a deed and to quiet title. There was a decree for the plaintiffs, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The controversy involves the title to 80 acres of land. This land was bought in August, 1908, by Ben and Sarah Gruwell, husband and wife. The original plaintiffs were Ben and Sarah Gruwell and their four children. The original defendants were the eight children of Ben Gruwell by a former marriage. With these defendants were joined the original grantors in the deed of 1903, who claimed no interest in the subject-matter of the controversy. The granting and habendum clauses of the deed in question were as follows:
*583“Know all men by these presents that we, Sylvester Streeby and wife, Rebecca…
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- Wood v. LogueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
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- Sanderson v. EversonNebraska Supreme Court · 1913
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