Hoge v. Magnes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
John Hoge and Norman S. Pettit, the plaintiffs in error, who had acquired the title from the patentee of the United States to a lot in the state of Colorado, brought an action in the nature of ejectment against Peter Magnes, the defendant in error, who was in possession of the property under a tax title. There is a statute in the state of Colorado to the effect that every person who under claim and color of title made in good faith holds possession and pays all taxes legally assessed upon land for five successive years shall be adjudged to be the legal owner thereof,…
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