Scribner, Burroughs & Co. v. Vandercook
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from OheroTcee District Cov/rt. Action to recover forty acres of land. The plaintiffs’ claim is based on a tax deed. The defendant claims that he acquired from plaintiffs their interest in the land after the execution of the tax deed. He prays that they be barred from setting up any title to the land, and that they be decreed to convey the same to him. The court denied the relief asked by him, and rendered judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Oh. J.
1. judicial ment. “ After the tax sale, but before the tax deed was executed, the plaintiffs obtained a judgment against the owner of the land; sold the same upon execution, and became the purchasers thereof at the sheriff’s sale. The defendant in the meantime held a junior lien upon the land. As junior lien-holder he paid to the clerk of the court, with the view of redeeming from the execution sale, the sum of $106.02, being the amount for which the land was sold, with interest. The payment was made within the time allowed by statute to junior lien holders to redeem from…
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