Miller v. Corbin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin Circuit Cotirt. Action in chancery to quiet the title to lands, which, plaintiff alleges, he holds under certain tax sales and deeds. The defendants set up title in themselves under a conveyance from the patentee of the government. They make their answer a cross-bill and ask that the title to the land be quieted in them. There was a decree granting the relief prayed for by defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. In his original petition plaintiff relied upon a tax sale and deed of the land made in 1866. By an amended petition he shows that since the commencement of this action he acquired another tax title which is based upon a sale of the land for taxes in 1859. lie thus relies upon two tax titles.
i. jukisdiotax title. The amended petition shows that the purchaser of the land at the tax sale of 1859 instituted proceedings to foreclose the right of the tax payer to the land under the provisions of the statute, then m torce, requiring actions to be brought in order to cut off the rights of the…
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