Sperry v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action to determine defendant’s adverse claim to “lot 5, in block 45, in St. Anthony City, within the present limits of the city of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and state of Minnesota, according to the plat,” etc., brought in the district court for Hennepin county. The defendant relied on a tax title based on the proceedings mentioned in the opinion. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on the decision of Hicks, J., before whom the case was tried.
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Action to determine defendant’s adverse claim to “lot 5, in block 45, in St. Anthony City, within the present limits of the city of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and state of Minnesota, according to the plat,” etc., brought in the district court for Hennepin county. The defendant relied on a tax title based on the proceedings mentioned in the opinion. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on the decision of Hicks, J., before whom the case was tried. The resolution of the county board designated “The Minneapolis Tribune” as the newspaper in which the delinquent-tax list should be…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
In proceedings to enforce payment of the delinquent taxes for the year 1878, the premises in controversy were bid in for the state on the 18th day of September, 1879. On the 1st day of October, 1880, the defendant purchased and procured an assignment from the state of all its right and interest in the land, in pursuance of Gen. St. 1878, c. 11, § 89. The defendant, in June, 1888, served notice of the expiration of the time of redemption. No redemption having been made, she claims to have acquired a valid tax-title under her state certificate of assignment. The trial court found that all the…
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