Jacobs v. Porter
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin, Distict Court. Action in equity to redeem two hundred and eighty acres of land from tax sales. The plaintiffs are the children and heirs-at-law of John Jacobs, deceased, who died in Ohio, November 1, 1860, seized in fee of the land in controversy, leaving seven children, three of whom were then minors.
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Appeal from Hardin, Distict Court. Action in equity to redeem two hundred and eighty acres of land from tax sales. The plaintiffs are the children and heirs-at-law of John Jacobs, deceased, who died in Ohio, November 1, 1860, seized in fee of the land in controversy, leaving seven children, three of whom were then minors. The tax sale was made October 5, 1863, for the delinquent taxes of 1861 and 1862. The plaintiff Samuel, who was the youngest, attained his majority May 10,1810, and on the next day tendered the amount necessary to redeem all the land, and on the following day brought this…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
This record presents, and the counsel have argued, only a single question, and that is : Whether one of several owners — tenants in common — of real property, may, by reason of his previous minority, redeem the whole, of such real property, after the expiration of the time for redemption allowed to his adult co-owners; or whether the right of such minor to redeem is limited to his own inter*343est. The district court held that the right was limited to the interest of the minor. All of the plaintiffs appeal.
Upon first view, and in the light of general principles, it might be asked why should the…
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