Hahn v. Hill Investment Co.

This was a suit to quiet title. The parties claimed title to the land in question as follows: The plaintiff, the Hill Investment Company, under a sheriff’s deed; defendant C. B. Hahn, under mesne conveyances from the holder of the patent; and defendant Tansel F. Hahn, under a tax deed dated January 19, 1900, which was recorded more than five years before the action was commenced. This deed is in the statutory form, showing that the land 'was offered at a tax sale for the delinquent taxes of 1895 and was bid off by the treasurer for the county for $5.52, the taxes and charges then due, and…