Callanan v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court, — Hon. Lot Thomas, Judge. Action to redeem land sold for delinquent taxes, and to quiet the title thereto in plaintiff. The cause was tried to the court, and a decree rendered in favor of plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— On the third day of November, 1879, the east half of the southwest quarter of section 13, in township 99, range 28, in Kossuth county, was sold for the delinquent taxes of 1878. The certificate of sale was assigned to defendant, and a treasurer’s deed issued thereon, and recorded on the first day of December, 1882. The evidence shows that on the eighth day of May, 1878, the American Emigrant Company, then owning this land, contracted to sell the same to one Elias Curtis. During 1880, Curtis broke thirteen acres *308of it, and then went to Minnesota, where he remained until the fall of 1886. Gf.…
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