HOLLIDAY v. ARTHUR

No. 47688.

44 N.W.2d 717 (1950)

HOLLIDAY et al. v. ARTHUR et al.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herminghausen & Herminghausen, Fort Madison, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Johnson, Martin, Johnson & Phelan, Fort Madison, for defendants-appellants.

Pollard, Palmer & Lawse, Fort Madison, for defendant-appellee, Joyce Vivian Marsh.


HAYS, Justice.

This appeal presents a controversy between a vendor and a vendee of real estate, as to whether or not the abstract of title shows a merchantable title to be in the vendor. The bone of contention centers about a guardian's deed by which the vendor takes title.

In 1942 V. B. Marsh, guardian of the property of Joyce Vivian Marsh, a minor under 14 years of age and a resident of California, applied to the District Court of Lee County, Iowa, for authority...

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