Walkley v. Clarke

*4531 *452I. The plaintiffs, as heirs of Harry Walkley, who died March 2,1893, claim to own the southeast one-fourth of southwest one-fourth of section 31, township 96 north, of -range 28 west of fifth P. M., Iowa. On the 12th day of November, 1890, Walkley executed to A. D. Olarke a deed conveying the northeast one-fourth of section 11, in township 95, of the same range, and included therein is the above description. The deed was not recorded till March 15, 1893 —after Walkley’s death. The sole issue of fact is whether Olarke inserted this description of the 40 acres of land in controversy in the…