Jenswold v. Doran
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeals from Palo Alto District Court. — Hon. G-eobge H. Cabe, Judge. These cases present substantially the same questions, and they will be determined in one opinion. They involve the validity of certain tax deeds upon four forty-acre tracts of land in Palo Alto county. The plaintiff is the owner of the patent title, and the defendants are the owners of the tax titles. The district court held that the tax titles were valid, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1. tax sale ana ' deed: pur.of tract for form of bid;
I. The actions were originally commenced by the plaintiff, Jenswold, against other Parties> i°r the purpose of quieting his patent title, and decrees were entered in his iavor. The appellees herein intervened m the actions, and claimed the lands under certain tax deeds. Jenswold joined issue with appellants, and claimed that the tax deeds were void, and conveyed no title.
It appears from the record that on the fifth day of December, 1881, said John Doran became the purchaser at tax sale of a one hundred and sixtieth interest in one of the…
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