Lyle v. Raynolds

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DawsoN, J.:

This was an action in ejectment by the plaintiff holders of a tax deed against the defendant holder of the fee title and his tenants. The property involved was one and a fraction town lots in Mankato.

The principal defendant, L. D. Raynolds, filed an answer containing a general denial, and alleging that the plaintiffs went to the county treasurer on August 27, 1920, and “paid illegal, excessive and confiscatory taxes, unlawfully assessed against said real property,” and that on August 28, 1920, the county clerk executed and delivered to…