Adams v. Griffin

In October, 1873, tbe real estate in controversy was sold for tbe delinquent taxes of 1872 to tbe plaintiff. Two years and nine months thereafter, notice that a deed would be applied for was served on tbe person in whose name tbe land was taxed, by publication in a newspaper. Proof of such service was made by the affidavit of tbe publisher of tbe paper, and in December, 1876, the treasurer executed a deed conveying tbe premises to the plaintiff. This deed, under the ruling in American Missionary Ass’n v. Smith, 59 Iowa, 704, was invalid, because it was prematurely issued, for tbe reason that…