Smith v. Heath
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Audubon District Court. — How. H. E. Deemed, Judge. This is an action in equity, and involves the validity of a tax title to forty acres of land. The plaintiff is the owner of the patent title, and claims that the tax title is void. The defendant maintains the validity of the tax deed, and in a cross-bill prays for a decree quieting his title. There was a decree for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
— It is conceded that all of the proceedings prior to the execution of the tax deed were regular, and in conformity with the statute, excepting the proof of service of the notice of expiration of redemption required by section 894 of the Code. The service of the notice was made by publication, and, in *232order to understand the question made by appellant, it is necessary to set out the proof of service. No objection is made to the form of the notice. It consisted of a printed slip of paper pasted upon a space left for that purpose upon a printed blank form which had been filled up in writing,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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