Butler v. Delano
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Worth District Oowrt. The plaintiff is the owner of the patent title to one hundred and sixty acres of improved land in Worth county, and is in possession thereof.
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Appeal from Worth District Oowrt. The plaintiff is the owner of the patent title to one hundred and sixty acres of improved land in Worth county, and is in possession thereof. The defendants claim the land by virtue of four tax deeds executed to them by the treasurer of Worth county, pursuant to an alleged sale of the lands on the 12th day of June, 1865, for the delinquent taxes of the years 1859, 1860,1861, 1862 and 1863. The plaintiff brings this action to quiet his title, and offers to reimburse defendants for any payments made by them on account of the taxes due on the land described. The…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The evidence shows that at the close of the annual sale in October, 1864, the treasurer announced that the sale was adjourned from day to day, and he posted up notices of that fact. Subsequently he offered the delinquent lands for sale as often as, and whenever, any one came to buy, and in this manner he made sales February 23d, 1865, February 28th, 1865, May 2d, 1865, May 29th, 1865, and June 12th, 1865, on which day the lands in controversy were sold. The delinquent lands were not offered for sale at any other time. The only notice that was given of this sale was the notice that was posted…
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