Goodrich v. Florer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff, an insane person, residing in Massachusetts, brought this action, by her duly appointed guardian, in the district court' for Bice county, to redeem a tract of land in that county, which the defendant had purchased at tax sales, and of which the plaintiff claimed to own, in fee simple, an undivided one-seventh.
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The plaintiff, an insane person, residing in Massachusetts, brought this action, by her duly appointed guardian, in the district court' for Bice county, to redeem a tract of land in that county, which the defendant had purchased at tax sales, and of which the plaintiff claimed to own, in fee simple, an undivided one-seventh. The action was tried before Lord, J., who made a finding of facts in substance as follows: The tract of land described in the complaint was duly sold for taxes theretofore levied and assessed thereon for the years 1860, 1862, 1863 and 1874, and the defendant became the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The action is under Gen. St. 1878, c. 11, § 91, — the chapter relating to taxes. Section 90 saves, to any person having an interest in land sold for taxes, a right to redeem for two years after the date of the sale. Section 91 provides that “minors, insane persons, idiots, or persons in captivity, or in any country with which the United States are at war, having an estate in or lien on lands sold for taxes, may redeem the same within two years after such disability shall, cease; but in such case the right to redeem must be established in a suit for that purpose brought against the party…
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