Merriam v. Hemple

The plaintiff filed his petition in the district court, in which he alleged that on the 6th day of September, 1872, W. D. Merriam purchased from the treasurer of Cass county 10 feet off the west end of lots number eight and nine, in block number forty-seven, of the city of Plattsmouth, in said county, for the taxes of the year 1871, That the certificate of purchase was duly assigned to him by said W. D. Merriam, and that the taxes for subsequent years had been paid by plaintiff. That on the 12th day of December, 1876, the county treasurer had executed to him a deed for said premises as…