Orr v. Travacier
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. Action by a purchaser as tax sale to quiet his title under the tax deed. The defendant’s Dowell and Saxton, were the owners of the land prior to the tax sale, and by cross-petition ask the cancellation of the tax deed, and the quieting of their title.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. Action by a purchaser as tax sale to quiet his title under the tax deed. The defendant’s Dowell and Saxton, were the owners of the land prior to the tax sale, and by cross-petition ask the cancellation of the tax deed, and the quieting of their title. The plaintiff in his answer to the cross-petition denies the claim of defendants, and also sets up that he has paid the amount of taxes due on the land, at the time of the tax sale, and also the accruing taxes for the several successive years since, stating specifically the amount paid each year, and asks,…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
—The sale for taxes was made on the 81st day of August, 1858, for the taxes of 1856.
i. tax sake: under law of 1858. By section 48 of the revenue law then in' force, and under which, the sale was made (ch. 152, Laws of 1858), the taxes for 1856 were not delinquent till the 15th day of January, 1857.
By section 49- of the same law, the treasurer was authorized to sell lands for taxes which were delinquent, and remained due and unpaid for a longer time than two years. The sale to plaintiff for the taxes of 1856 was made before *70the expiration of two years from the time they became delinquent. The…
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