Harrison v. Owens
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Palo Alto District Court. The plaintiff claims to be the. owner of certain lands in his petition described, by virtue of certain tax deeds executed on the 29th day of October, 1877, pursuant to a sale made October 5, 1871, for a delinquent tax of 1873, and brings this action to quiet his title to said lands.
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Appeal from Palo Alto District Court. The plaintiff claims to be the. owner of certain lands in his petition described, by virtue of certain tax deeds executed on the 29th day of October, 1877, pursuant to a sale made October 5, 1871, for a delinquent tax of 1873, and brings this action to quiet his title to said lands. The defendant, John E. Owens, claims to be the patent title owner of said land, and by way of answer and cross-bills, amongst other things, alleges certain facts which he claims entitle him to redeem from the tax sale. The cause was tried upon written evidence, and a decree…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The plaintiff objected to certain evidence which was introduced to prove that the defendant was the patent title owner of the land in controversy, and now insists upon its insufficiency to establish that fact. In the view which we take of the case this question needs not to be considered.
i. tax sam : redemption: equities. The only ground upon which the defendant in the argument claims to be entitled to relief is that he made such efforts to redeem before the execution of the deed, as now m equity entitle him to redeem. Upon this point there is some conflict in the evidence, but the facts…
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