Doyle v. Andis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court.— HoN. Gf. W. Burn-iiam, Judge. ActioN to quiet title. A' demurrer to the petition was overruled, and, defendants having elected to stand on the ruling, decree was entered as prayed. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
In the year 1862 Robert P. Andis conveyed the land in controversy to Samuel S. Andis “ during his natural life and then to his heirs.” Subsequently the grantee named transferred the land by warranty deed to another, under whom the plaintiff through mesne conveyances holds title. Samuel S. Andis died in 1899, and the defendants are his heirs a.t law. To the petition, stating the foregoing facte and asking that title be quieted in plaintiff, a general demurrer was interposed and submitted to the court on the theory that, while the language of the deed to Samuel S. Andis brings it within the…
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