Iowa Railroad Land Co. v. Fehring
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Greene District Qowt.— HoN. P. M. Powees, • Judge. The plaintiff alleged ownership of the forty acres of land in controversy since June 14, 1901; that defendants are in possession, which they have refused to yield and prayed judgment of ejectment and for damages.
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Appeal from Greene District Qowt.— HoN. P. M. Powees, • Judge. The plaintiff alleged ownership of the forty acres of land in controversy since June 14, 1901; that defendants are in possession, which they have refused to yield and prayed judgment of ejectment and for damages. An abstract of title was attached, from which it appears that a certificate of title was issued to the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company June 13, 1901, under an act of Congress approved May 15, 1856 (11 Stat. page 9, chapter 28), and an amendment thereto approved June 2, 1864 (13 S'tat. page 95, chapter 103),…
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J.—
*5i. Limitation Op ACTIONS* when statute to run. *4According to the petition the plaintiff acquired title to the forty acres through a conveyance executed *5to it December 18, 1884, by the Cedar Rapids & Missouri Railroad Company, to which the government ^ certified the land June 14, 1901, by virtue of an act ox Congress approved May 15, 1856, and an amendment thereto approved June 2, 1864. Action for possession was begun in September, 1902, against Mary Fehring, to whom James Callanan and J. 0. Savery had executed a quitclaim deed in 1889. To her grantors the American Emigrant Company had…
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