Beeson v. Johns
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Grundy Circuit Court. The plaintiffs, claiming to be tbe owners of certain real estate, brought this action to set aside a tax title to tbe, same on tbe grounds: “First, that there was no assessment; Second, that there was a fraudulent combination among tbe purchasers at tbe tax sale; Thvrd, that there was no assessment to the unknown owners in tracts of forty acres corresponding to tbe smallest government subdivisions as required by law; and Fourth, that tbe…
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Appeal from, Grundy Circuit Court. The plaintiffs, claiming to be tbe owners of certain real estate, brought this action to set aside a tax title to tbe, same on tbe grounds: “First, that there was no assessment; Second, that there was a fraudulent combination among tbe purchasers at tbe tax sale; Thvrd, that there was no assessment to the unknown owners in tracts of forty acres corresponding to tbe smallest government subdivisions as required by law; and Fourth, that tbe owners being non-residents of tbe State tbe assessment was at a greater value than tbe property of residents. There was a…
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, Oh. J.
l. assessv1evvSiffliied’ statute!y ‘ 1. Eighty acres of the land in control versy is in section 29, township 97, range 15. The owners being unknown the land in said section was assessed to the unknown owners in quarter-section tracts, the value beiug fixed at four, dollars per acre. "When the assessment was returned to the board of supervisors it was rejected by the board and the assessor directed to assess the same in forty acre tracts. This he did, and made return thereof to the board, and on such assessment the taxes were levied. The second assessment was made by fixing the…
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