Opp v. Smith

This is an action by a patentee to redeem from a tax sale a quarter section of land in Morrill county *153and to quiet his title on the ground that the tax deed was void. Title by adverse possession was pleaded as a defense, in addition to a denial of the facts constituting the plea of the invalidity of the treasurer’s-deed. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff has appealed.

The controversy is between plaintiff and defendant Alanson O. Taylor, who acquired the interests of the purchasers at the tax sale. December 22, 1893, plaintiff procured his final receipt for his entry, and the. patent was…