Carter v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sioux District Court — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. This is an action in equity, and involves tbe title to 160 acres of land in Sionx county. There was a decree for the plaintiff, and E. C. Davidson, defendant, and Robert Poole, intervenor, appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrook, J.
i. appeal : not taken in time. I. The case is presented to us upon quite a voluminous abstract, a large part of which consists of the pleadings, which include the petition, answers and cross-mils, and answers thereto, and replies, a petition of intervention, and an answer and cross-bill thereto, and other pleadings not necessary to be enumerated here. The substance of the controversy, as presented in this court, is as follows: The plaintiff claims title to the land under a tax deed made to one Cyrus Ames, on the 12th day of November, 1872, in pursuance of a sale for the taxes of 1868. He sets…
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