Thompson v. Ware
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Howard GircvAt Gourt. Action to recover lands. The answer, besides denying the allegations of the petition, set up certain equitable defenses, and, as upon a cross petition, claimed relief thereon. There' was a decree for defendants quieting the title of the land in them. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The plaintiff’s title, upon which he seeks to recover the land, is based upon a tax sale and deed. The defendants, in their equitable answer, allege that there was no sale of the lands for taxes; that there were no bidders therefor, and that there was no notice whatever of the sale, and no adjournment of a prior sale to the time when the lands are said to have been sold. Under the issue formed upon these averments, a witness, who was deputy treasurer at the time of the alleged sale, testified: “These lands were not bid off in separate parcels, they were not publicly offered for sale, were not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Butler v. DelanoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Truesdell v. GreenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1881