Towle v. Holt
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Gage county. Tried below before Weaver, J. Including two separate and distinct tracts in deed creates no presumption that they were assessed and sold as one tract. Laws of 1869, § 62, p. 203. Nelson v. Boimtree, 23 Wis., 371. Silliman v. Frye, Gilm., 664. The deed' was admissible.
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Error to the district court for Gage county. Tried below before Weaver, J. Including two separate and distinct tracts in deed creates no presumption that they were assessed and sold as one tract. Laws of 1869, § 62, p. 203. Nelson v. Boimtree, 23 Wis., 371. Silliman v. Frye, Gilm., 664. The deed' was admissible. As to seal, see Huey v. Van Wie, 23 Wis., 613. Putney v. Outler, 11 N. W. R., 437. Greenleaf on Evidence, § 503. Gen. Stat., § 32, p. 237. On limitation of actions, cited Cooley on Taxation, 376. Blackwell on Tax Titles, § 564. Angelí on Limitations, § 22. Seott v. Hickox, 7 Ohio…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This is an action to recover possession of the S. E. ¿ of ■section 27, T. 4, R. 6 E., in Gage county, and for the rents .and profits of the same. The defendants below made a number of defenses, among which, after a denial of the plaintiff’s title, they claim to be owners of said land under a tax deed to one Towle, dated November 28, 1873; that said Towle took possession of said land under said deed, and cultivated and improved the same, and had open, exclusive, notorious, 'adverse possession thereof for more than three years under said deed, and thereby acquired a complete and perfect title…
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