Howard County v. Bullis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Howard Circuit Court. These are actions in chancery to quiet the title of the respective plaintiffs to two different tracts of land, severally involved in each action. Plaintiff’s petition was dismissed in the first action; the relief sought in the second was granted. The county appeals in each case.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. These causes were submitted and argued together. While each involves a separate tract of land, they are submitted upon the same evidence. The same principle of law is involved in each case. The first action is brought to quiet the title of the county, and to set aside a tax title; the second to establish and quiet plaintiff’s tax title. The sufficiency of the tax title to divest the county’s interest in the separate tracts of land is presented for determination hi each case. The property involved in each action is a part of the swamp lands granted to the county. It is shown that each tract…
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