Wilson v. Holcomb
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. For a statement of the facts, see the opinion of the court. relied upon Brace V. Reid, 3 G. Greene, 422; Le Neve v. Le Neve, 2 Eq. L. 0., pt. 1, 98; Jackson v. Given et al, 8 John., 140 ; Jackson y. Van Valkenburg, 8 Cqw., 260; Bumpus v. Plainer, 1 John. Ch., 219; Griffith v. Griffith, 9 Paige, 315, 318; Wheaton v. Dyer, 15 Conn., 309. relied upon Williamson v. Brown, 15 N. Y., 354; Nailor v. Fisk, 5 Cush., 256; Aiken v. Smed, 1 Tenn.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. For a statement of the facts, see the opinion of the court. relied upon Brace V. Reid, 3 G. Greene, 422; Le Neve v. Le Neve, 2 Eq. L. 0., pt. 1, 98; Jackson v. Given et al, 8 John., 140 ; Jackson y. Van Valkenburg, 8 Cqw., 260; Bumpus v. Plainer, 1 John. Ch., 219; Griffith v. Griffith, 9 Paige, 315, 318; Wheaton v. Dyer, 15 Conn., 309. relied upon Williamson v. Brown, 15 N. Y., 354; Nailor v. Fisk, 5 Cush., 256; Aiken v. Smed, 1 Tenn. R., 304; Dunham v. Day, 15 John., 567; Rogers v. Jones, 8 N. H., 268.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
— Wilson, the complainant, for a valuable consideration, purchased of and received a deed from one Cumber, for about twenty acres of land situated within the county of Dubuque. This deed bears date January 19th, 1858, but by inadvertence was not filed for record for one year after its delivery. The twenty acres thus sold were but a portion of a large tract of land owned by said Cumber. Before the deed to complainant was filed for record, Cumber sold certain lands adjacent to that sold to complainant to one Patterson, and by mistake, as it is alleged, included in the deed to Patterson the land…
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