Schoonover v. Galarnault
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Benton county, to compel the defendant, as county auditor, to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the purchase-money, with interest, paid on a void tax-sale, and the amount of subsequent taxes paid, with interest. Trial before Baxter, J., and judgment ordered-and entered for plaintiff, requiring defendant to draw his warrant for $1,430.90, from which the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
It appears from the record that one William H. Schoonover purchased the lands described in the complaint, lying in Benton county, at tax-sales occurring between the years 1860 and 1866, as therein mentioned, and received tax-deeds therefor; that he paid the subsequent taxes thereon, as alleged, until the year 1868, when he died testate, leaving him surviving the plaintiff, his daughter, and Mary A. Schoonover, his wife. By his will he bequeathed all his personal property to his wife, and devised to his daughter all his real estate lying and being in the state of Minnesota “to be held and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- County of Olmsted v. BarberSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- State ex rel. Smith v. CronkhiteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Coles v. County of WashingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Easton v. HayesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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