Iowa Railroad Land v. Story County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Story District Qowrt. This is a suit in equity, brought October 2d, 1871, by the plaintiff, which is a corporation, and the grantee of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Co., of the swamp lands of Story county, against the said county, its treasurer and numerous other persons, purchasers of said lands at tax sales, made October 5th, 1868, to enjoin the conveyance thereof under such sales, to set the same aside and quiet plaintiff’s title, etc.
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Appeal from, Story District Qowrt. This is a suit in equity, brought October 2d, 1871, by the plaintiff, which is a corporation, and the grantee of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Co., of the swamp lands of Story county, against the said county, its treasurer and numerous other persons, purchasers of said lands at tax sales, made October 5th, 1868, to enjoin the conveyance thereof under such sales, to set the same aside and quiet plaintiff’s title, etc. A temporary injunction was granted. The only issue is whether said lands were taxable for the years 1861, 1865 or 1866. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
— I. The record in this ease is voluminous. The ultimate facts are few. ¥e state them so far as necessary, as follows : By various acts of congress and the State legislature, and by patents by the United States to the State of Iowa, and by the State to the defendant, Story county, the title to the lands in controversy has been vested in the said county. On the 22d day of April, 1863, by a contract between the board of supervisors of said county and the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company, which was afterward and on the 15th day of May, 1863, duly ratified and confirmed by a vote of…
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- Cedar Rapids & Mo. R. R. v. Woodbury CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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