Gower v. Doheney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Warren Distriot Court. • Action of right for the possession of the N. W. of the N. E. •£, and N. E. J of N. W. £ of section 31, tp. 77, range 25 west. Upon the answer of, the defendant, the cause was transferred to the chancery docket, and tried by the first method of trying equitable causes. The plaintiff’s petition was dismissed, and he appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.
The plaintiff’s chain of title to the lands m controversy is as follows, to wit: George S. Hampton entered the same on the 18th day of February, 1854. At the March term, 1858, of the district court of Johnson county, James H. Gower, Bros. & Co. obtained judgment against said Hampton, for $411.20. -
February 4, 1860, execution issued on said judgment, directed to the sheriff of Warren county, and on the 18th day of February, 1860, a transcript of the judgment was filed in the office of the clerk of said county. On the 10th day of March, 1860, said execution was levied on the lands in…
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