Vaughn v. Stone
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattarme District Gortrt. Action in chancery to foreclose the equity of redemption under a tax deed made upon the sale of a lot in Council Bluffs for city taxes. The cause was sent to a referee, and upon his report a decree granting the relief prayed for hy plaintiff was entered. Defendants appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Cii. J.
I. Tlio petition sliows that the lot involved in this action was sold June 28, 1867, for the delinquent city taxes of 1866, and again sold March 31, 1869, for the city taxes of 1868, and certificates duly issued to the pur-' chaser, E. M. Officer, who paid certain city taxes’ ■ subsequently accruing upon the property. The purchaser at the tax sale executed a quit claim deed for the property to plaintiff, and transferred the certificate of the sale of the lot to plaintiff, to whom a tax deed was executed by the mayor of the, city March 10,1877. The relief asked is that the…
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