Easton v. Sorenson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, T. A. Sorenson, County Auditor of Fillmore County, from an order of the District Court of that County, John Q. Farmer, J., made August 17, 1892, overruling his demurrer to the complaint.
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Appeal by defendant, T. A. Sorenson, County Auditor of Fillmore County, from an order of the District Court of that County, John Q. Farmer, J., made August 17, 1892, overruling his demurrer to the complaint. The complaint was framed under 1878 G-. S. ch. 11, § 97, as amended by Laws 1881, ch. 10, § 19, and by Laws 1889, ch. 186, § 1, to recover money paid at tax sales prior to 1870. The action was commenced July 15, 1890, but the demurrer was not argued in the trial court until August 17,1892. This was more than a year after Laws 1891, ch. 66, had again amended the last proviso of the section…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Appeal from an order overruling a general demurrer to the complaint. The main question is whether plaintiff is entitled, under 1878 C. S. ch. 11, § 97, as amended by Laws 1881, ch. 10, to have returned to him out of the county treasury the amounts paid for certain lands at tax sales held in the years 1866, 1867, and 1868. Tax certificates were duly issued at such sales, upon which plaintiff obtained tax deeds on and prior to August 11, 1871. A judgment adjudging and decreeing these tax sales, the certificates, and the deeds null and void was duly entered November 24, 1880. Plaintiff made no…
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