Bullis v. Noble
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wi/rmesMek Dist/riet Cowrt. This action is brought by the plaintiff at law to recover of the defendant the possession of a fraction of a certain described lot in the town of Decorah, Iowa, claiming the same under a tax deed made by the treasurer of the county.
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Appeal from Wi/rmesMek Dist/riet Cowrt. This action is brought by the plaintiff at law to recover of the defendant the possession of a fraction of a certain described lot in the town of Decorah, Iowa, claiming the same under a tax deed made by the treasurer of the county. The defendant answered and filed a cross-demand in equity, alleging that plaintiff’s deed was void because there had been no assessment of the lot; the assessment was void for uncertainty; there was no sale in fact of the lot for taxes ; that the tax deed is void for fraud in the sale; that the defendant and his grantors…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.—
The record contains a large mass of testimony bearing on the various issues made, involving the validity of the tax deed under which the plaintiff claims title, which, in the view we take of the case, it is unnecessary that we should discuss, or to which we need further refer.
The evidence shows a regular chain of title from the original patentee of the land down to C. E. Dickerman, under whom defendant claims the lot in controversy. The tax deed bears date in February, 1871, showing a sale of the lot in controversy on the 17th day of December, 1862, for the taxes of 1861, to E.…
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