Thode v. Spofford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. Actions in chancery to set aside certain tax sales of real property and deeds made thereon; to quiet title, and for other relief. There was a decree granting the relief prayed for by plaintiff, upon payment of certain sums which the circuit court found the plaintiff ought to pay to entitle him to redeem the property. Both parties appeal. Thé cases involve the same facts and questions of law, and they are submitted together for one decision.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The property involved in these suits is a *296part of two lots in the city of Des Moines. The east half of the property is involved in one suit, and the west half in the other. The title to each involves the same questions of fac.t and law, and need not be separately referred to in the discussion of the case.
The plaintiff is the guardian of his insane mother, Helen Thode, who holds the title of the property, unless it be divested by certain tax sales and deeds, and an alleged adjudication, upon which defendants base their respective titles.
Defendants claim title under several tax sales and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hintrager v. HennessySupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
- Everett v. BeebeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Devin v. City of OttumwaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Brown v. PainterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Keokuk & Des Moines Railway Co. v. LindleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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- Barke v. EarlySupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
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- Jones County v. NortonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Harber v. Sexton & SonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- State v. Alexander Ikey's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
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