Lynn v. Morse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeals from Adams District Court. — How. R. 0. HenbYj Judge. The plaintiff in the three cases claims to be the owner in fee-simple of the south half of the northeast quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter, of section 10, township 71, range -34, and seeks to redeem the same from certain tax sales under which defendants claim title. . This land was purchased from the government by James C. Taylor, in 1855. Plaintiff ’ s title is claimed to be derived from Taylor…
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Appeals from Adams District Court. — How. R. 0. HenbYj Judge. The plaintiff in the three cases claims to be the owner in fee-simple of the south half of the northeast quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter, of section 10, township 71, range -34, and seeks to redeem the same from certain tax sales under which defendants claim title. . This land was purchased from the government by James C. Taylor, in 1855. Plaintiff ’ s title is claimed to be derived from Taylor through a number of judicial proceedings and conveyances, which need not be described at length. The unquestioned…
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, J., 1 T A 21 S 0jl.0 QiRQ. deed: defecfive deed. who may question. • — I. The first question which we need to consider is the right of plaintiff to attack the title of defendants. Section 897 of the Code provides that “ no person shall be .,, _ , ,. , ,.,. . permitted to question the title acquired by , , a treasurer s deed without first showing that he, or the person under whom he claims title, had title to the property at the time of the sale, or that the title was obtained from the United States, or this state, after the sale.” Appellant insists that there are certain formal…
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