Legal Opinion

Gardner v. Early

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 10, 1886PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Sao District Court. Action to set aside a tax deed because of the invalidity of the sale. A demurrer to the petition was overruled, and the defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.

For the purpose of this case the following facts must be conceded: That the plaintiff is the owner of the patent title to the real estate in controversy, and that the taxes thereon for 1875 were unpaid and delinquent; that the county treasurer duly advertised the real estate for sale on the first Monday in October, 1876; that such sale was regularly adjourned until the fifth day of Feburary, 1877, when it was sold for the taxes of 1875, and a certificate of sale issued to the purchaser, in pursuance of which a deed was afterwards duly executed by the treasurer to one of the defendants; that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Trulock v. BentleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
  2. Cummings v. EastonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Barke v. EarlySupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
  2. Witmer v. Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
  3. Buck v. HoltSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  4. Nicodemus v. YoungSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
  5. Snell v. Dubuque & Sioux City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1893

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