Blair Town Lot & Land Co. v. Scott
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. This action was brought November .4, 1873, to set aside a tax deed made to the defendant, John Scott, and his conveyance of the same land to William O. Wright. John E. Hayes, the auditor, and E. G. Day, the treasurer, of Story county, are also made defendants.
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Appeal from Story District Court. This action was brought November .4, 1873, to set aside a tax deed made to the defendant, John Scott, and his conveyance of the same land to William O. Wright. John E. Hayes, the auditor, and E. G. Day, the treasurer, of Story county, are also made defendants. The deeds are asked to be set aside because the land therein described was not sold, but another description of land than - that conveyed was sold j and also because of the fraudulent practices of the defendants in the sale thereof. The plaintiff also avers that -the land was redeemed from the sale…
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, «T.
The land in controversy, it is claimed, was sold to the defendant, John Scott, October 7,1870, for the delinquent taxes of 1869, amounting to $23.75. The land was entered on the tax list as “in S. E. S. W. Sec. 2, Tp. 83, R. 24 — 15 acres.” The deed purports to convey “15 acres in S. side S. E. quarter of the S. W. quarter of Sec. 2, Tp. 83, North'of Range 24, West.” The certificate of purchase had been altered by the erasure in front of the description S. E. S. W. Sec. 2, etc., and the words “ in S. side ” had been written in ’over the erasure.
The plaintiff acquired its title to the…
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