Legal Opinion
Swope v. Prior
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 6, 1882PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Guthrie District Court. This is an action to set aside a tax deed on the ground of insufficient notice of the expiration of the period for redemption. The court set aside the deed and allowed the plaintiff ninety-days in which to redeem from tax sale. The defendant Lora C. Prior appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The parties submitted the cause to the court upon an agreed statement of facts, as follows:
“1. At the tax sale in and for Guthrie county, Iowa, for the year 1875, block J in Gingrich’s addition to the town of Guthrie Center, was sold by the treasurer of said county to Joshua Prior, for the taxes of the previous year.
" “2. That on or about the sixth day of February, 1878, the said Joshua Prior assigned the treasurer’s certificate of purchase at said tax sale to James Greenlee.
“3. That on or about the fifth day of August, 1878, the said James Greenlee caused to be served on the plaintiff the…
2Cited by3 opinions
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