McCormick v. Anderson

In 1922, Louise McCormick and her brother, Arthur Wagner, purchased 80 acres in Louisa county, Iowa. On December 6, 1926, the land was sold for taxes. On December 25, 1926, the tax sale certificate was, at the direction of Louise McCormick, assigned to her mother, Ella Anderson. On May 31, 1930, Mrs. Anderson acquired a tax deed. Mrs. McCormick died in 1936, leaving a will which gave all of her property to William McCormick, her husband, who brought this action, alleging that Louise McCormick had adverse possession of the 80 acres from the date of its purchase in 1922 to the time of her death…