Hagenbuck v. Reed
Nebraska Supreme Court
This was a petition in error brought to reverse the judgment of the district court of Washington county. The legislature having, on the 24th day of June, A. D. 1867, passed an act providing for the sale of school lands donated to the state of Nebraska by the general government, the plaintiff in this action, at the sale of such lands in June,. 1869, became the purchaser of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter, of section sixteen, township eighteen north, of range…
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This was a petition in error brought to reverse the judgment of the district court of Washington county. The legislature having, on the 24th day of June, A. D. 1867, passed an act providing for the sale of school lands donated to the state of Nebraska by the general government, the plaintiff in this action, at the sale of such lands in June,. 1869, became the purchaser of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter, of section sixteen, township eighteen north, of range ten east of the sixth principal meridian, paying one-tenth of the purchase money, and giving his promissory note payable…
1Opinion of the Court
Lake, Ch. J.
The only question discussed by counsel at the bar, and the only one passed upon by the district court is, whether school lands, which have been sold on time, under the act relating thereto, approved June 24, 1867, are subject to taxation before the state has actually parted with the legal title.
"Were we inclined to be very 'technical, the case could be disposed of without meeting this question. The fact that the plaintiff has a plain and adequate remedy at law, furnishes a satisfactory answer to the prayer of his petition. In view, however, of the great importance of the question…
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