Peterson v. P. P. Mast & Co.

START, O. J.

The subject-matter of this action is certain real estate, which the plaintiff is in the possession of and claims to own by virtue of an alleged tax title thereto. The defendant claims a lien on the land by virtue of a mortgage adverse to the plaintiff’s title, and this action was brought to determine such adverse lien. The trial court found that the plaintiff was not the owner of the land, and that the lien thereon claimed by the defendant was valid. From an order denying his motion for a new trial the plaintiff appealed. The tax sale under which the plaintiff claims title was…