Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Thornton

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 18, 1880PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Cov/rt. These cases are submitted upon one abstract. They are actions in equity to recover possession, and quiet the title of several tracts of laud situated in Montgomery county. There were decrees rendered in each case in the court below lor plaintiff. Defendants appeal. The facts of the cases appear in, the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

I. These cases, under the agreement of the parties as presented in the abstract, are to be considered together. The two cases last named, it was agreed in the court *145below, should abide the result iu the first, and the party recovering judgment in that case should have judgment in the others. They seem to involve the same questions. At all events this agreement must control the decision of the last two cases, without a separate examination of each. We will proceed to the consideration of the first case upon the abstracts presented by the parties.

II. The petition alleges that plaintiff is owner…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. C., B. & Q. R. v. LewisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  2. Iowa Railroad Land v. MickelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
  3. C., R. I. & P. R. Co. v. GrinnellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Primm v. WiseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Carter v. WaltersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894

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