Legal Opinion

Paxton v. Ross

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 19, 1894PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. These cases were, by stipulation, submitted together, separate decrees to be entered, and are so submitted on this appeal.

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Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. These cases were, by stipulation, submitted together, separate decrees to be entered, and are so submitted on this appeal. They are actions in equity, wherein the plaintiff asks to be permitted to redeem lot 3, block 16, and lot 1, block 21, in the Ferry addition .to the city of Council Bluffs, from tax sales, and deeds therefor, under which the defendants claim title, which sales were made on the seventh day of August, 1882, for the delinquent taxes of the years 1877,1878,1879 and 1880. The ground upon which the plaintiff…

1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.

I. The correctness of the abstracts being denied, we have examined the case as shown in the transcript on file, which we find to be sufficient to authorize us to consider the case de novo.

x. title to real demie: sufficieney otpiat. It is shown by stipulation that one Williams deeded land embracing the lots in question to the Council Bluffs & Nebraska Ferry Company, which deed was duly executed and recorded, p]_aj_:a-fcifE offered in evidence the record of plats of the county, showing a plat of the Ferry addition to the city of Council Bluffs, embracing the land in question, signed by “Enos…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Adams v. BealeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  2. Byington v. BookwalterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
  3. Stoddard v. SloanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
  4. Varnum v. ShulerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
  5. Lockridge v. DaggettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Loser v. Plainfield Savings BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  2. Shelley v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  3. Busch v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  4. Hintrager v. McElhinnySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  5. Coates v. SmithOregon Supreme Court · 1916

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