Rogers v. Turpin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ringgold District Court. — Hon. W. H. Tedeord, Judge. Action by plaintiff to quiet the title to eighty acres of land, and the same relief was ashed by defendants in their cross-petition. Decree was entered quieting title in the plaintiff, and defendants appeal. The second action was brought to enjoin the defendants from interfering with the possession of the plaintiff’s' tenant, and a decree entered as prayed, from which defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Ringgold District Court. — Hon. W. H. Tedeord, Judge. Action by plaintiff to quiet the title to eighty acres of land, and the same relief was ashed by defendants in their cross-petition. Decree was entered quieting title in the plaintiff, and defendants appeal. The second action was brought to enjoin the defendants from interfering with the possession of the plaintiff’s' tenant, and a decree entered as prayed, from which defendants appeal. Both cases are submitted on the same record, under an agreement that the conclusion in the second case shall be controlled by the decision in…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
*1851 *184— Both parties claim title to the land in controversy, correctly described as the “E. of the S. W. -J of Sec. 6 in Tp. 68 north, of range 28 west of 5th P. M.,” under Thomas Newall, who entered it March 1, 1856. He conveyed to A. Harbaeh, May 13, 1857, and the latter to A. and D. H. Chambers, June 24th of the same year; but these deeds described the land as the “E. -|- of the S. E. -f- of Sec. 6.” Upon the death of D. IT. Chambers, Eliza J. McGregor conveyed all her interest in his estate to A. Chambers, and these were his only heirs. A Chambers died testate in 1873, willing the land to…
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- Mathews v. CulbertsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
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