Claussen v. Rayburn
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. At a tax sale for delinquent county and state taxes, held on the 2d day of February, 1846, lot No. 4 in Bloch No. 9 in the city of Davenport, was bought by Antoine Le Claire. He bought the same lot May 2d, 1847, at a tax sale for delinquent city taxes, receiving for said lot tax title deeds.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. At a tax sale for delinquent county and state taxes, held on the 2d day of February, 1846, lot No. 4 in Bloch No. 9 in the city of Davenport, was bought by Antoine Le Claire. He bought the same lot May 2d, 1847, at a tax sale for delinquent city taxes, receiving for said lot tax title deeds. On the 80th day of January, 1850, said Le Claire sold and conveyed by warranty d§ed said lot unimproved to one John A. Rode, who conveyed, June 4th, 1850, the east half of said lot to Henry Kuehl, and January 8d, 1858, the west half of the same lot to H. R. Claussen. Said…
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
With regard to the claim for reimbursement of taxes under the circumstances stated in the petition, we *138are satisfied that this right is substantially secured to the plaintiffs under §§ 458, 495, 503, 505 and 506, of the Code of 1851, and reaffirmed in the Session Laws of 1858, page 323, §§ 56, 58 and 61, and we shall therefore affirm the ruling of the court below on this-point.
As to the claim for improvements, notwithstanding the logical force and perspicuity of the plaintiffs’ argument, and his strong appeal to the principle of justice, we are inclined to adhere to the opinion - expressed…
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