State v. Several Parcels of Land

Appeal from a decree of the district court for Douglas county entered in conformity to a mandate of this court in what is commonly called a “scavenger tax” foreclosure proceeding.

It appears that one William J. Connell was the owner of the real estate upon which the delinquent taxes in question were assessed and levied, and thereafter sold the same to the Omaha Country Club. In the foreclosure suit Connell and the Country Club filed a joint answer to the petition, and the state replied. Upon the issues thus joined the district court on the 26th day of October, 1907, entered a decree by which…