State ex rel. Stanchfield v. Dressel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the petition of the relator, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued out of the district court for Le Sueur county, directed to> the respondent as county auditor, requiring him to indorse upon a deed from one Paine to the relator the proper certificate of the payment of taxes, so as to entitle the deed to record, pursuant to Gen. St. 1878, c. 11, § 106, or to show cause to the contrary.
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Upon the petition of the relator, an alternative writ of mandamus was issued out of the district court for Le Sueur county, directed to> the respondent as county auditor, requiring him to indorse upon a deed from one Paine to the relator the proper certificate of the payment of taxes, so as to entitle the deed to record, pursuant to Gen. St. 1878, c. 11, § 106, or to show cause to the contrary. The respondent interposed an answer, alleging that there were taxes delinquent for the years 1873 and 1874 and other years upon the land described in the deed. The issue was tried, without a jury, by…
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
One Paine was the owner of a certain tract of land in Le Sueur county, and in February, 1885, conveyed the same to the relator, Stanchfield, who presented the deed to respondent, auditor of the county, to have the proper certificate of taxes paid, etc., to admit the deed to record, to be indorsed on it. The respondent refused to make such indorsement, alleging as a reason that there were delinquent taxes upon the land.
The facts affecting the claim of delinquent taxes are these: The taxes for the years 1872 and 1873 were duly levied upon the land,, and became delinquent. Proceedings, under the…
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