Iowa Railroad Land Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakeeield, Judge. Suit in equity to recover for taxes paid by plaintiff and its assignors upon certain lands in Wood-bury county, the title to which at the time the taxes were paid being in dispute, and finally found by this eourt to be in defendant’s grantors (see 72 Iowa, 508, 84 N. W. Rep. 304), this decree being affirmed by the supreme court of the United States (143 U. S. 38, 12 Sup. Ct.
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Appeal from, Woodbury District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakeeield, Judge. Suit in equity to recover for taxes paid by plaintiff and its assignors upon certain lands in Wood-bury county, the title to which at the time the taxes were paid being in dispute, and finally found by this eourt to be in defendant’s grantors (see 72 Iowa, 508, 84 N. W. Rep. 304), this decree being affirmed by the supreme court of the United States (143 U. S. 38, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 362). The trial court sustained a demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 *1302 *129From the petition we gather the following facts, which are regarded ‘as controlling. On the nineteenth day of July, 1856, Thomas L. Griffey, defendant’s grantor, filed a pre-emption claim to certain lands in Woodbury county, in the United States land office, and some time prior tó July 7, 1857? made final proofs. On this last-named date the commissioners of the general land office canceled the pre-emption entry and location, but Griffey refused to receive back the payment made by him for the land, and insisted upon the validity of his claim. Afterwards, and on the thirtieth day of June,…
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