Opinion ID: 1855339
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Heading: Lois's reliance on section 630.16 is equally unavailing. The statute, entitled Equitable proceedings, states:

Text: At any time after the rendition of a judgment, an action by equitable proceedings may be brought to subject any property, money, rights, credits, or interest therein belonging to the defendant to the satisfaction of such judgment. In such action, persons indebted to the judgment debtor, or holding any property or money in which such debtor has any interest, or the evidences of securities for the same, may be made defendants. Iowa Code § 630.16 (emphasis added). As noted by the district court, the section furnishes means auxiliary to execution by which a creditor may uncover property in which the debtor still holds an interest. See Jensen v. Booth Motor Co., 234 Iowa 694, 695, 13 N.W.2d 681, 681-82 (1944) (describing purpose of creditor's bill). Again, the statute has no application to the case before us. Naming Lois Grewing as a defendant in an equitable action to uncover Don's property would have served no purpose here. Don's conveyance of the property to Lois was a matter of record. Don, now deceased, retained no interest in the property subject to discovery by way of a creditor's bill. Cf. Boyle, 73 Iowa at 76, 35 N.W. at 147 (where debtor engaged in fraudulent conveyances, creditor's bill proper means to uncover true ownership). No error appears in the district court's judgment granting Shirley Powell possession of the premises pursuant to her forcible entry and detainer action. Accordingly, we affirm. AFFIRMED.