Blumenthal Bros. v. Culver
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. Wm. Hutchinson, Judge. Suit in equity to foreclose a mortgage and to set aside a tax deed on the mortgaged property. From a decree for plaintiff’s, defendants appeal. —
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J. —
1 In November, 1893, C. G. Culver & Co., a co-partnership of which C. G. Culver was a member, was indebted to the plaintiffs herein in a large amount. To secure this indebtedness, C. G. Culver and wife, Marie, executed a deed absolute in form, but which was intended as security, covering 120 acres of land in Woodbury county, Iowa. At that time Culver owned but an undivided one-eighth of the property, and the deed was intended to cover that interest. The land had been purchased in the year 1890 by a syndicate composed of ten persons, among whom were Culver, Patrick, Patterson,…
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