Forrest v. Henry

This action involves the title of a lot of land in Minneapolis. The plaintiff’s alleged title is derived through a sale of the land in 1881, under chapter 135 of the laws of that year, for delinquent taxes for the year 1875. The defendant has title by conveyance from one Smith, the original owner of the land, unless Smith’s *435title was divested by tbe sale in 1881. At the general tax sale in 1875 for delinquent taxes for 1874, the land was exposed for sale, and, there being no bidders, it was bid in for the state. In June, 1877, Smith, seeking to redeem from that tax sale, applied to the county…