Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Pugh

The tract involved in this case is described as Lots 1, 2, and 7, Block 21, H. M. Hoxsie’s Addition to the town of Fort Des Moines, now a part of the city of Des Moines. At the December, 1917, tax sale, the said premises were sold for the unpaid taxes of the year 1916. The purchaser at the tax sale duly assigned the tax sale certificate to appellant, and a tax deed was issued on November 10, 1921. This action was begun in January of 1922, to redeem from said tax sale.

W. H. Bremner, as receiver of the plaintiff-appellee, intervened in said action, and prayed that the relief sought by the…