Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa (Volume 80) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1890 Excerpt: ... INDEX. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. Carelessness In Making: Liability. See Vendors and Purchasers, 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. See Evidence, 2. ACTIONS. 1. Settlement Of: Consideration. See Contracts, 7, 8. 2. To Enforce Liens Against Saloons. See Intoxicating Liquors, 6,7. 8. Private Action For Abatemknt Of Nuisance. See Nuisances, 1. 4. Right To Dismiss. See Practice, 2. ADMINISTRATORS. Garnishment Of. See Garnishment, 2. See Estates Of Decedents. ADVERSE POSSESSION. 1. What Is. Where the owner of land conveyed it by a deed which was not acknowledged, but was recorded, and continued in possession of the land for a number of years, and then conveyed it to another party, who took and held possession thereunder, held that such possession by the second grantee was adverse to those claiming under the first deed. Smith v. City of Osage, 84. 2. Color Of Title. Defendant's grantor, in 1872, in exchange for a strip of land which he desired for a road, told plaintiff's grantor to inclose a good, big acre in the northeast corner of the former's land, which the latter did, and at once took possession of the land So inclosed, and he and plaintiff have ever since held possession of the same. The former afterwards conveyed his land to defendant, with the understanding that defendant should deed the acre to plaintiff's grantor, which he afterwards did; the deed describing a tract beginning at the northeast corner of defendant's land, thence west six rods ( to the fence which plaintiff's grantor had built), thence south twenty-eight rods (along the fence), thence east six rods, thence north to place of beginning, " containing one acre, more or less, lying along the railroad" ( which was on the west). Before defendant deeded he procured a chain and attempted to measure the land which pl...