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Complex Quiet Title Suit Over East Knoxville Property
In Marion County Iowa 1914 district court suit by J A Orr and M I Orr and others against Kennedy Gillespie Cooper Stewart Henby Henry Henby Sunderlin Davis Gustine McDowell Albright and others seeks to clear title to east Knoxville land. Plaintiffs claim chain of title defects and misdescriptions render prior claims inferior and ask the court to quiet and establish title, require corrective deeds, and decide rightful ownership through decree. The petition details a long line of transfers starting with Luther C Conrey and James Brown and tracing through multiple owners to the current defendants with alleged defective descriptions that cloud the title. The court is asked to remove the cloud and confirm plaintiffs’ fee simple ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Kennedy
Kennedy
George W. C. Gillespie
Virtue Gillespie
Aaron Cooper
Mary Jane Cooper
John Stewart
Stewart
Willis Henby
Sarah C. Henby
George
Henry
Christena Henry
Elias Henby
Elizabeth. S. Henby
Harley Sunderlin
Sunderlin
J. S. Davis
Sarah T. Davis
Robert McDowell
Joseph Gustine
Sarepta Gustine
Rebecca McDowell
Elizabeth Albright
A. E. Albright
East Knoxville
Iowa
Knoxville
Marion County
District Court
United States
Luther C. Conrey
James Brown
L. C. Conrey
Elizabeth Brown
G. W. Henry
George W. Henry
Christena
Elizabeth S
Lydia Sunderlin
Harley
E. J. S. Davis
Sarah T
Sarepta
Henry Hess
Sarah B. Hess
Sarah E
Sarah Hess
A. E
S. M. Bellamy