Hogdon v. Green
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo Circuit Court. Action in equity to determine the title to real estate. The plaintiff claims under the patent, and defendant under a tax title. Judgment for the former, and the latter appeals.'
1Opinion of the CourtServers, J.
i. tax deed : presumption oí regularity. I. The defendant claims in 1870 there was voted by the electors of the township in which the land in controversy is situate a tax in aid of the Central ^ Railroad of Iowa, and that proper proceedings were had to make the same a valid charge thereon. It is further claimed that, said taxes remaining unpaid, the real estate was sold ata tax sale'in 1870. This is denied by the plaintiff, and he has affirmatively shown by evidence quite satisfactory in character and extent these lands were not even offered for sale.
All other taxes were paid before the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sillyman v. KingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
3Cited by3 opinions
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