Merriam v. County of Otoe
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Otoe county. Heard below before PouND, J. cited: Scott v. Tyler, 14 Baird, 202. Aberdeen v. Blachnar, 6 Hill, 324. Campbell v. Jones, 4 Wend., 306.
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, Ch. J.
Plaintiff brought his action in the court below under the provisions of section 71 of the old revenue law (Gen. Stat., 924). His petition contains two causes of action, in each of which he alleges the purchase by him from the county treasurer of Otoe county in his official capacity on the 4th day of January, 1878, of different and specified tracts of land situate in said county for delinquent taxes of 1876, and the payment, to him of the taxes on said tracts of land for the several years therein specified; that said lands were in each case wrongfully sold to said' plaintiff for…
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