Byington v. Rider

The petition sets forth that the plaintiff on the 20th of June, 1856, purchased lot No. 6, in block No. 56, in Iowa City, at a sale by the treasurer of Johnson county for the delinquent taxes of 1855. That H. E. Lindsey was at the time the owner of the lot, and A. J. Rider has some interest therein, both of whom are made defendants. That plaintiff had since paid all the subsequent taxes on said lot, and “ corporation taxes ” for 1856,1857 and 1858, no *567part of which has been refunded,to him; and he prays that the equity of redemption of defendants may be barred and foreclosed, and that his,…