Olleman v. Kelgore
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarice District Court Action in chancery to quiet the title of land claimed by plaintiff The. cause was sent to a referee to be tried upon written testimony taken in pursuance of an order of court. Defendants filed a cross bill claiming title to tlie land, and asking that it be quieted in them. Upon tlie report of tlie referee, a decree was rendered dismissing plaintiff’s petition and granting tlie relief prayed for in defendants’ cross bill. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
I. The petition alleges that plaintiffs are the heirs at law of James S. Kelley, deceased, who devised the land to Adaline B. Worth for life, and in case she died with*39out issue the property was to revert to the heirs of the devisor. It is shown that the devisee died without issue and that defendants, who are her heirs, make some claim to the land which plaintiffs-allege is without foundation in law. The petition avers that the land was conveyed to James S. Kelley lyy a warranty- deed executed by William II. Johnson, who purchased the land of the government. Copies of the deed and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McNichols v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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