Sheldon v. Steele
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cherokee .District Court. — Hon. .H R. Gay-nob, Judge. Action to recover $212.40, alleged to have been paid by plaintiff “at the oral and implied request and foi* the benefit of said defendant.” Defendant answered, denying generally, and pleading certain matters as affirmative defenses. A jury was waived, the case tried to the court, and judgment rendered dismissing plaintiff’s petition, from which he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, C. J.
*6181 *617I. The facts out of which this action grows are as follows: The plaintiff became treasurer of Cherokee county in January, 1896. At a tax sale held by *618Mm as treasurer December 6, 1897, tbe defendant bid in a number of tracts and parcels of land, including two that were sold for delinquent personal taxes. Plaintiff had his certificates of sale prepared for each parcel to be sold, except the name of the purchaser, which was filled in as each tract was sold., including all those sold to the plaintiff. Bay Adsit, deputy county auditor, attended the sale, and kept a memorandum of the sales, which…
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