Bowen v. Striker

Black, C.

The appellant, who was the plaintiff, in his complaint filed on the 14th of January, 1881, alleged the purchase by him for a sum stated, in 1867, of certain real estate in Carroll county, Indiana, at a tax sale for taxes of 1865 and 1866; also, the purchase by him in 1871, for a sum stated, of a certain portion of the same real estate at a tax sale for the taxes of 1869 and 1870; the real estate so purchased at said sales being owned in fee simple by the appellee Peter Striker, and assessed in his name. It was alleged that certificates of purchase were delivered by the county…