Legal Opinion

Young v. Cosgrove

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 26, 1891PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. H. E._ Deemer, Judge. Action to quiet the title of certain city lots in the* plaintiff against the claim of the defendants. There was a decree granting the relief prayed for by the plain- - tiff. The defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.

i. deeds: piat: constx-uctxon. I. The facts of the case relating to • the conflicting claims of the parties to the real estate in controversy, generally stated, are as fol-' iowg. ppe ]_0ts jn controversy are in. Bayless’ addition to the city of Council Bluffs, which was made before the land was purchased of the government, as was also a conveyance to the defendants’ grantors for the lots. The county judge, under-authority of law, acquired, the land of the government *683for the purpose of securing it as a part of the town site. He conveyed the lots, or a part of them, by the description of the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Guillaume v. K. S. D. Land Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Pearson v. City of GuttenbergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
  3. Cahalan v. Van SantSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  4. Snieders v. BrantsenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
  5. Fitzpatrick v. CrowtherSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917

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