Ham v. Miller
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. On the 29th of December, 1862, the treasurer of the city of Dubu'que, for the delinquent taxes of 1860, sold the real estate in controversy, to the defendant, and three years after said date, in 1865, executed his deed, and defendant claims and holds the property under and by virtue of said proceedings.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. On the 29th of December, 1862, the treasurer of the city of Dubu'que, for the delinquent taxes of 1860, sold the real estate in controversy, to the defendant, and three years after said date, in 1865, executed his deed, and defendant claims and holds the property under and by virtue of said proceedings. Unless his title is thus divested, plaintiff is the owner of the property, and having tendered the amount paid by the defendant (but after the, expiration of three years from the day of sale), with interest, claims that it shall be discharged from any and…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
x. buque:tax » sale.Du Appellant insists that as the treasurer’s deed was executed pursuant to the ordinances and authoritv conferred by the citv council, it had the same J J v effect as the deeds of county treasurers; and to sustain this position he relies upon the act of March 22, 1858. Rev., § 1144. He further maintains that this act confers upon the purchaser at a city tax sale all the rights and remedies secured by the general law to the purchaser at other tax sales, or sales made by county officers.
These positions naturally lead to the first and material inquiry, whether the city…
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