Haws v. Clark
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Adair Circuit Court. Tuesday, October 21. Action at law to recover certain lands in Adair county. There was a trial of the case to the court without a jury, and a judgment for plaintiffs; defendant appeals. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
saee. The evidence shows that the title to the lands is in plaintiffs by descent from their father and that they now hold the same, unless it be divested by the guardian sale under which defendants claim title. The sufficiency of that sale and the proceedings whereon it is based, present the questions that are involved in the case. Several points are raised and discussed by counsel which involve the jurisdiction of the court of probate making the order for the sale. In our opinion one of them is decisive of the question of jurisdiction and will be alone considered. Our attention,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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