Willcuts v. Rollins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Cowrt. — Hon. J. P. Conneb, Judge. This is ap action in equity, and it involves the title to an undivided half of certain land in Sac county. The plaintiff claims under the patent title, and the defendant relies upon a tax title. There was a full hearing on the merits, and a decree for the plaintiff and other parties who intervened in the action, hut whose interests are not adverse to the plaintiff, and are adverse to the defendant.
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Appeal from Sac District Cowrt. — Hon. J. P. Conneb, Judge. This is ap action in equity, and it involves the title to an undivided half of certain land in Sac county. The plaintiff claims under the patent title, and the defendant relies upon a tax title. There was a full hearing on the merits, and a decree for the plaintiff and other parties who intervened in the action, hut whose interests are not adverse to the plaintiff, and are adverse to the defendant. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
I. It is unnecessary to take time or space to set out the interests claimed by the intervenors. They claim in the same right as the plaintiff, apd we will consider the questions as between the plaintiff and the defendant.
The plaintiff claims to be the patent title owner. It is conceded that he is the owner of an undivided one-half of the land. It was determined by this court in Bowen v. Duffie, 66 Iowa, 88, which case involved the *248title to this land, that Bowen was the owner of the undivided one-half thereof. Bowen was the grantor of the plaintiff. The decision in that case was based upon the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rice v. HaddockSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Bowen v. DuffieSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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