Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 168State of Iowa, 1915 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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action adverse possession agreement alleged alley amount appellant appellee attorney Bank Bladt butter fat charge cited claim Code Company condition contract convey conveyance counsel crane damages death deceased DECEMBER 19 decree deed defendant defendant's demurrer dence district court District Court.-HON duty entitled equity error estoppel evidence executed fact farm fee simple filed further grantor heirs held homestead husband ice cream instruction interest Iowa John Linder Judge judgment jury LADD land lien Linder matter Maxson mechanic's lien ment mortgage motion negligence number plates objection owner paid parties payment person petition plaintiff pleaded Pottawattamie County PRINCIPLE APPLIED question quiet title real estate reason record Ruhl rule statement statute statute of limitations sufficient sustained taxes testified testimony therein thereof thereto tiff tion transaction trial court trust verdict WEAVER wife witness
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Page 78 - It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.
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Page 20 - The constitutional guaranty, that no person shall be deprived of his property without due process of law may be violated without the physical taking of property for public or private use. Property may be destroyed, or its value may be annihilated; it is owned and kept for some useful purpose and it has no value unless it can be used. Its capability for enjoyment and adaptability to some...
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Page 79 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.