Ayres v. Adair County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Adair Circuit Court. Action to redeem certain real estate. The plaintiff holds a tax deed to the same. He seeks to redeem from a school-fund claim. The land belonged to the county of Adair as school-fund land. The county contracted to sell it to one ITornback, retaining the legal title as security for an unpaid balance of purchase-money.
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Appeal from Adair Circuit Court. Action to redeem certain real estate. The plaintiff holds a tax deed to the same. He seeks to redeem from a school-fund claim. The land belonged to the county of Adair as school-fund land. The county contracted to sell it to one ITornback, retaining the legal title as security for an unpaid balance of purchase-money. Default having been made in the payment, the county foreclosed the contract, purchased the land at foreclosure sale, acquired a sheriff’s deed, and afterward sold and conveyed the same to the defendant, Robert Ferguson. Prior to the commencement…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
1. TtEDEMPsohooi fmicl pur2Iaserat tax-saie. — The county, having made a contract of sale to Hornback, and retaining the legal title as security, stood virtually in the relation of mortgagee, while Horn- . ° ° ° back, the purchaser and equitable owner, stood virtually in the relation of mortgagor. The taxes were a lien upon Hornback’s interest, and paramount to every other interest or claim except that due the schoolfund. Code, §865; Jasper County v. Rodgers, 17 Iowa, 254; Lovelace v. Berryhill, 36 Iowa, 379. After the sale to the plaintiff for the taxes, the lien theretofore existing in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Crum v. CottingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
- Wright v. HowellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- Diddy v. RisserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
- Jasper County ex rel. School Fund v. RogersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
- Lovelace v. BerryhillSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
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