Swan v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Oourt. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. On the tenth day of March, 1891, after it had been assessed, the south one-half southwest one-fourth of section 12, township 89 range 47, then owned by blie Sioux City Land Company, was platted into 14 blocks, of 30 lots each, with streets and alleys. May 5th following all but 20 of the lots were conveyed to the Leeds Improvement & Land Company.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Oourt. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. On the tenth day of March, 1891, after it had been assessed, the south one-half southwest one-fourth of section 12, township 89 range 47, then owned by blie Sioux City Land Company, was platted into 14 blocks, of 30 lots each, with streets and alleys. May 5th following all but 20 of the lots were conveyed to the Leeds Improvement & Land Company. December 5, 1892, the 80-acre tract was sold as such for the taxes of 1891. October 3,1893, the plaintiff obtained judgment against the Leeds Improvement & Land Company, on which about…
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, C. J. —
1 The record shows that the Leeds Improvement & Land Company was entitled to notice of the expiration of the period of redemption before the tax deed was-issued to the defendant, but that none was served. The plaintiff’s judgment was rendered after the tax sale, but before the execution of the tax deed, and the sole question presented on this appeal is whether the judgment lien-holder has the right to maintain an action to redeem. If such a lienholder may redeem before, we do not see why he may not after, the issuance of a deed under such circumstances. In Slyfield v. Barnum, 71…
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