Genther v. Fuller
Supreme Court of Iowa
Apjoeal.from Chickasaw District Cowrt. Action in chancery to set aside certain tax deeds to lands described in plaintiff’s petition, on the ground of the irregularity and insufficiency of the proceedings upon which they are based, and to quiet plaintiff’s title to the property involved in the action. The district court denied the relief sought, and plaintiff appeals. The facts involved in the points ruled are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
1Ítob!ed; — The plaintiff claims title from the government to the land in controversy. The defendant’s title rests upon two sales for taxes and deeds made thereunder. The sufficiency of these deeds, and the tax proceedings upon which they are based to divest plaintiff’s title, involves the questions arising in this action.
I. The land was sold in 1857 for the taxes of 1856, to McAlpine, who instituted proceedings under the law then in force to foreclose redemption under his deed, and a decree to that effect was rendered November 28, 1860. McAlpine conveyed his interest in the land…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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