Douglas v. Richards
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; Pollock, J. Action by Flora R. Douglas against Richard O. Richards and others. From a part of the judgment, plaintiff appeals.. The sales for the year 1896 were not authorized by law.
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Appeal from District Court, Cass County; Pollock, J. Action by Flora R. Douglas against Richard O. Richards and others. From a part of the judgment, plaintiff appeals.. The sales for the year 1896 were not authorized by law. They were under the revenue law of 1897, which contemplates sales only ■for taxes levied under that law. § 74) Ch. -126, Laws 1897. Section 77 gives the form of a certificate to be issued, and the sale of the land for taxes, and the former recites that the land was sold for taxes. A certificate of sale, to be valid, must show on its face that the land ■was sold for…
1Opinion of the CourtWallin, C. J.
This action is brought to quiet title in the plaintiff to the real estate described in the complaint, situated in the county of Cass. It is conceded ’ that plaintiff is the fee-simple owner of the lands. The lands were sold in 1897 for certain taxes charged against them on the tax list of 1896. Tax certificates were issued pursuant to said tax sales, and the same are now owned by the three defendants last named in the title of this action. The trial court adjudged, among other things, that the taxes of 1896, as charged against said lands on the tax list of Cass county, were legal and valid…
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