Easton v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Fillmore county, Farmer, J., presiding, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. cited Town of Guilford v. Supervisors, 13 N Y. 143; Lycoming v. Union, 15 Pa. St. 166, (53 Am. Dec. 575;) Turnpike Co. v. Commonwealth, 2 Watts, 433; Blanding v. Burr, 13 Cal. 343; State v. Cronkhite, 28 Minn. 197; State v. Foley, 30 Minn. 350; Cooley on Taxation, 91.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The complaint shows that at the tax sales in Fillmore county, in the several years 1864,1865, and 1866, certain lands were sold for delinquent taxes, one Johnson purchasing at the sale of 1864, and the plaintiff purchasing at the other two sales; that no redemption was made, and that the proper tax deeds were executed to *419such purchasers; that Johnson conveyed by quitclaim deed to the plaintiff; that in 1884, in an action in the district court against this plaintiff, judgment was duly rendered, setting aside and declaring void all such tax sales and deeds, on the ground that the land, at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Wheeler v. FoleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
3Cited by3 opinions
- State ex rel. Babcock v. County of ChisagoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Schoonover v. GalarnaultSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Easton v. HayesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888