Nugent v. Cook
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Gedar Rapids Superior Court.— Hon. J. H. Botiirock, Judge. Action in equity to quiet title to real estate. Defendants by a cross-petition assert that a tax deed under ■which plaintiff claims title is void, and they demand that the same be set aside, and that they be allowed to redeem. The trial in the court below resulted in a decree in favor of plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
The entire controversy as presented by the record before us centers upon the validity of the tax title to the property in question, held by plaintiff through mesne conveyances under a tax deed issued by the treasurer of Linn county. The tax sale upon which the deed is based took place December 4, 1899, and was for the delinquent taxes of 1898. The deed was issued and placed of record on April *38211, 1903. The property consists of a vacant lot in the city of Cedar Eapids, and at all 'the times in question was assessed and taxed in the name of J. F. Dean. It appears, however, that in January, 1899,…
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