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WOLCOTT v. DES MOINES COMPANY

72 U.S. 681 (____)

5 Wall. 681

WOLCOTT v. DES MOINES COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gilbert, for the plaintiff in error; Messrs. Litchfield and Tracy, for the defendant in error; Messrs. Trumbull, Cook, and Smith, for parties allowed to intervene.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants conveyed by deed-poll to the plaintiff, on the 1st August, 1859, the east half of section 17, township 88, range 27, situate in Webster County, State of Iowa, containing three hundred and twenty acres, for the consideration of $3040, and warranted the title. It is charged in the declaration that the title has failed, which is denied on the part of the defendants. This presents the main issue in...

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