94 Iowa 676 | Iowa | 1895
The plaintiff is a Corporation of Polk county, organized and existing for school purposes. It claim® to. be the owner of certain real estate, which is particularly described, and which is commonly known as Oak Dale school-house and lot. The lot was once owned by Hezeldah Fagen, who. died in the year 1865. The plaintiff claims -that it was purchased by a predecessor of the plaintiff in the year 1861 or 1862, and that it has1 been used and occupied for sehoolhlouse purposes since that time. The defendants deny the alleged ownership- by the plaintiff, and claim ownership of the property as heirs o-f Hezekiah Fagen.
Wle conclude that the -decree of -the district court is fully -sustained by the evidence, and it is affirmed.