Cannon v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sioux District -Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action to quiet title. On or about the fourteenth •day of November, 1860, the treasurer of Sioux county sold the land in question for the taxes for 1858 and 1859, and the plaintiff’s title deed is based upon such sale.
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Appeal from Sioux District -Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action to quiet title. On or about the fourteenth •day of November, 1860, the treasurer of Sioux county sold the land in question for the taxes for 1858 and 1859, and the plaintiff’s title deed is based upon such sale. The county of Sioux was organized on the twenty-sixth day of January, 1860, and the territory comprising the county was, before that date, attached, for revenue, election and judicial purposes, to the county of Woodbury, and the taxes for the years 1858 and 1859 were assessed and levied by the proper officers of…
1Opinion of the Court
Granger J.
We are to inquire as to the effect on these parties of the final degree in the case of Sioux *245Co. v. Woodbury Co. The decree was entered after the assessment and levy of the taxes in question, and before their collection. The issue presented was as to the legal right of Sioux county to receive and collect such taxes, being taxes on the land then embraced within its boundaries. The issue was important to the citizens and taxpayers of the respective counties, — in fact, it may be assumed that every citizen and taxpayer had a direct interest in the result. The counties, because of their…
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