Witmer v. Peebles

The tax sale under discussion is the same one as was involved in Flanders v. Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co., 228 Iowa 926, 292 N. W. 795, and the four other cases referred to in division I of that opinion. For reasons which will presently appear, we do not again discuss the matters dealt with there. Plaintiff acquired title to lot 9 in Hickman Heights in the city of Des Moines by quitclaim deed from Stebbins about January 4,1939. The defendant insurance company acquired the tax deed on March 10, 1939. It claims to be the landlord of its co-defendants Peebles. Following the decision in Witmer v.…