Williams v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Glinton District Goupt. — HoN. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. PlaiNTiff, claiming to be the owner in fee simple under a warranty deed from her husband, H. L. Williams, of a certain 80-acre tract of land in Clinton county, Iowa, brings this action to quiet her title thereto as against the defendants, and to recover rent for the years 1893 and 1894. The defendants answered, denying that plaintiff is the owner of said land or entitled to rents as claimed.
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Appeal from Glinton District Goupt. — HoN. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. PlaiNTiff, claiming to be the owner in fee simple under a warranty deed from her husband, H. L. Williams, of a certain 80-acre tract of land in Clinton county, Iowa, brings this action to quiet her title thereto as against the defendants, and to recover rent for the years 1893 and 1894. The defendants answered, denying that plaintiff is the owner of said land or entitled to rents as claimed. Further answering, they make allegations, as will hereafter appear, upon which they claim that the title to said land was held in trust by…
1Opinion of the Court
GiveN, J..1 We find the following facts to be fairly established by the evidence: Prior to 1854, Mr. Williams, Sr., now deceased, owned a farm in Vermont, which was sold in contemplation of the family removing to the West. The family then consisted of the father, three sons, Edwin, Henry, and Darwin, and four daughters, Harriet, Parthenia, Emily, and Phoebe.' Henry came West to look for a location for the family, and purchased six 80-acre tracts, — three in Cedar county and three in Clinton *93county, including the one in question, — and thirty-two acres of timber land. He took the title in his…
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