Foster v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawatta/mie Circuit Oourt. Tns plaintiff claims that certain real estate was purchased hy the defendants Shoemakers at a tax sale, and that he lias a right to redeem the same, and that his right to do so has been denied by the comity auditor. This action was brought to enforce such right. Decree for the plaintiff and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
I. If the plaintiff had such an interest in the real estate as entitled him to redeem from the tax sale, the decree is right.
The land in controversy, about four acres, is a part of the west half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-five, in township seventy-five north, of range forty-four west, which was patented to William Pollock by the United States in 1855. It does not certainly appear when Pollock paid the United States for the land, but we infer he did so in 1853. The four acres in controversy was purchased by Shoemakers at a tax sale in 1876, and the plaintiff entered into the…
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