Collins v. Valleau
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from O'Brien District Court. — How. Scott M. Ladd, Judge. These actions involve the title to certain lands in O’Brien county. The jilaintiffs claim to be the owners-under the patent title,' and the defendant claims title under certain tax sales and deeds. The actions are in equity, and were tried together as one case, and ¿there was a decree dismissing the petition. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Rothbock, J., deed: taxes ror'cured^y possession. I. It appears from the evidence that part of the land was patented by the United States to one George L. Fobert in the year 1857. and that the residue was patented to one ■Klcllar(x van Riper m the year' 1859. BenÍamiia Collins, the plaintiff in one of the cases, acquired title under the patent in March, 1858, and the plaintiffs in the other case are the widow and children of Fan Riper, the patentee. There is no evidence that any of the plaintiffs or their grantors have at any time paid any taxes on any of the *628land. All of the land was sold by…
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