Hultz v. Zollars
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello Ciromt Court. This action was brought July 7, 1869, to quiet the title in plaintiffs to fifteen acres off the north end of the west half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township seventy-two, range fourteen west, in Wapello county.
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Appeal from Wapello Ciromt Court. This action was brought July 7, 1869, to quiet the title in plaintiffs to fifteen acres off the north end of the west half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township seventy-two, range fourteen west, in Wapello county. The plaintiff, Electa Hultz, is the widow of Abraham Davis, deceased, to whom, in-right of dower for life, the land has been assigned; and the other plaintiffs are the children and only heirs at law of said Davis, deceased; the plaintiffs, collectively, own the entire interest formerly vested in said Davis. The defendants claim…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The parties filed an agreed statement of facts, embracing all the material facts of the case. The evidence in the record relates mainly to the question of possession and the right of inheritance of the plaintiffs. This latter fact is not here controverted, and the question' of possession is not material in the view taken by this court. The only question -at issue is as to which party has the title.
The plaintiff-’s title rests upon these facts: July 21, 1846, Wm. H. Evans became the sole owner of the entire half of the quarter section, by purchase from the government. On the same day he…
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