Legal Opinion

Young v. Lohr

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 20, 1902PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Sioux District Oourt. — Hon. Wm. Hutchinson, Judge. Action for damages sustained from a defective abstract of title furnished by the defendant. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the'defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.

The plaintiff was a resident of Council Bluffs, where a certain judgment was rendered against him, which was transcripted to Sioux county, and became a lien upon land which he owned there, and to satisfy which the land was sold at sheriff’s sale, and afterwards went to deed. The plaintiff did not know of the transcript, lien, or sale until after the sheriff’s deed was delivered. After the sale of the land, he made application to the firm of Walters & Wadsworth, of Council Bluffs, for a loan thereon, and made them his agents for procuring the same, and for paying off a mortgage’then resting…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Savings Bank v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Russell & Co. v. Polk County Abstract Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. Williams v. PolgarMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  3. United States Pipe & Foundry Co. v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1937
  4. United States Pipe & Foundry Co. v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Iowa Public Service Co. v. Medicine Bow Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977

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