Davis v. Harris

SHIRAS, District Judge.

This suit was brought in the district court of O’Brien county, Iowa, for the purpose of quieting the title in the plaintiff, W. J. Davis, to 80 acres of land situated in that county; it being averred in the petition filed that the defendant T. E. Marshall is in possession of the premises, and that the defendants, each and all, make some claim to the premises adverse to the title of the plaintiff. Notice of the suit was given personally to the defendant Marshall, and by publication to the other defendants, under the provisions of the state statute, they being…