Reckitt v. Knight
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Brown county; Hon. A. W. Campbell, Judge. Action by Francis Reckitt against A. M. Knight, and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court, Brown county; Hon. A. W. Campbell, Judge. Action by Francis Reckitt against A. M. Knight, and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. Under the statutes of South Dakota, in force in 1891, Secs. 106-111, Chap. 14, laws of. 1891,-a county treasurer at a tax sale was only authorized to purchase or bid in for the county, lands when there were no other bidders, offering the amount of taxes due, including penalty,, interest and costs. This statute is almost, if not quite identical with the statute of Oklahoma, as set out in the case of…
1Opinion of the CourtPuller, J.
The controlling question in this action between rival real estate claimants is whether the following duly executed tax deed, upon which respondents rely, and by virtue of which title to the premises was quieted in the respondent Chase Morrill, is void upon its face: “Whereas, Fred Tydeman did on the 25th day of June, A. D. 1894, produce to the undersigned, Alfred Abraham, treasurer of the county of Brown, in the state of South Dakota, a certificate of purchase in writing, bearing date the 2nd day of November, 1891, signed by John A. Fylpaa, who at the last mentioned date was treasurer of said…
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