Goodnow v. Plumbe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Webster District Court. The plaintiff, as assignor of the Iowa Homestead Company, brings this action to recover for certain taxes paid for the use and benefit of the defendant, Plumbe. The court rendered a judgment for the taxes paid, but allowed interest only from the time of the commencement of the action, and allowed a lien upon each tract of forty acres for only the taxes paid upon that tract. Both parties appeal, the plaintiff perfecting his appeal first.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
1. taxes: payment by mistake on another's land: recovery from owner: inter est: lien. -"Where taxes are paid by a person ujion another person’s land, under such circumstances as to give a right of recovery for the taxes paid, the person paying the taxes is entitled to recover interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the time-of payment, and is entitled to a lien for the-whole amount paid upon the whole land. Goodnow v. Litchfield, 63 Iowa, 275. This disposes of the questions raised by the plaintiff’s appeal.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Homestead Company v. Valley RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Goodnow v. LitchfieldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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- Plumb v. Goodnow's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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