Griffith v. Utley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from . Franklin District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to quiet the title of plaintiff in certain land, based upon a tax sale and deed. Defendants denied the validity of plaintiff’s title, and, in a cross-petition, asked to be allowed to redeem from the tax sale and deed. Upon a trial on the merits, plaintiff’s petition was dismissed and defendants were permitted to redeem as prayed for in the cross-bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, J. —
-I. The petition alleges that plaintiff holds a tax title to a tract of land therein described, to which defendants set up some claim of title. He prays that his title may be quieted in him. The defendants L. A. & F. C. Cromwell, answering plaintiff’s petition, allege that the tax deed was executed without authority, and that the right exists in defendants to redeem from the tax sale. It is further alleged that the land was taxed to one of the defendants, and that they have been in the possession of the lands for many years, and no notice of the expiration of the time for redemption…
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