Sully v. Kuehl
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. Action of right, involving a claim of the north half of the north-west quarter of section No. 26, township No. 79 north, range 2 east. Answer in denial, and averring ownership in defendant under a tax deed. On the trial the plaintiff established a chain of title from the patentee of the United States, and rested his case.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. Action of right, involving a claim of the north half of the north-west quarter of section No. 26, township No. 79 north, range 2 east. Answer in denial, and averring ownership in defendant under a tax deed. On the trial the plaintiff established a chain of title from the patentee of the United States, and rested his case. Defendant then offered a treasurer’s deed in the usual form, showing a sale of the land in gross, on the 2d day of December, 1861, at a sale begun and held on the first Monday in December, 1861. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
l. tax sale: ment and taxes I. On the trial plaintiff offered in evidence the assessor’s return, collection book, and sale book, for the purpose of showing that the lands were valued by the assessor at $560, and the taxes computed on a valuation of $616; and that part of the tax was a railroad tax, for the levy of which there was no legal authority. Upon the rejection of this testimony error is assigned. These questions were presented to this court, when the case was before it upon a former appeal, and it was held that in this action of the court below there was no error. See Eldridge v.…
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