Scott v. County of Chickasaw
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Chiehasaw District CovH. Action to recover for taxes paid by plaintiff’ and his grantors upon the lands which, as he alleges, were not subject to taxation. The case was tried to the court below upon an agreed statement of facts, and judgment rendered for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. The case has been before in this court. See 46 Iowa, 253.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
I. By reference to the opinion in this cause when it was before here, 46 Iowa, 253, it will be discovered that a tax title held by plaintiff had been, in a proper action, declared to be yoid for the reason that the land was not taxable for the years for which it was sold for taxes, 1858,1859 and 1860, the -title thereof being in the United States. Thereupon plaintiff brought. this suit to recover from the county, on the ground *48that the equitable title of the land, when the assessment was made, was held by Jones, the defendant in the first action. We held that the land was not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Callanan v. County of MadisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
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