Nichols v. Sadler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton District Court. — Hon. W. A. Hoyt, Judge. This is a suit in equity to reform and correct a mistake in the description of land in a deed of conveyance. The plaintiffs claim to be the absolute owners of the land. The defendant is in possession of the land, and claims that he is the owner thereof. There was a decree for the plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
It appears from the evidence that Dennis Quigley was the owner of the land in controversy. The plaintiffs are the heirs at law of Mary Nichols, deceased. They claim that on the second day of November, 1863, Quigley conveyed the land to Mary Nichols, and that she was the owner thereof until her death, when the title descended to the plaintiffs. The land owned by Quigley was the west half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 95, range 5 W., excepting a schoolhouse lot in the southwest quarter of said tract. There is no dispute that Quigley was the owner of…
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