Moser v. Thorp Sales Corp.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

This is another chapter in a saga of litigation and clouded title to a 285-aere Clayton County farm that began in 1971. The facts of the first appeal appear in Moser v. Thorp Sales Corp., 256 N.W.2d 900 (Iowa 1977) (Moser I) and are detailed below only as necessary to understand subsequent developments. In the issues now before us, the district court granted summary judgment quieting title to the land in plaintiffs Clifton G. Moser and Carlys C. Moser. After trial, the court awarded them damages against defendants Marguerite and Richard Schmitt and Lola Jean and Donald J.…