Babcock v. Bonebrake
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Carroll District Court. — Hon. J. P. Conneu, Judge. Action in equity to set aside certain tax deeds for the land described in the petition, to establish in plaintiffs a right to redeem from tax sales, and for other relief. The petition of plaintiffs was dismissed by the district court, after a hearing on the merits, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The land in controversy was sold on the fourth day of November, 1878, to P. J. Bonebrake, for the delinquent taxes of 1877. No redemption from the tax sales having been made, tax deeds for the land were issued to Bonebrake on the sixteenth day of December, 1881, and were recorded on the following day. Notice of the expiration of the time of redemption was duly given, but no sufficient proof of such notice was filed in the treasurer’s office, although proof admitted by the parties to be defective was in fact filed after the expiration of two years and nine months from the time of *712the sales,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Rice v. BatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Long v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
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