Stout v. Merrill
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Disúriot GouH. Action in chancery brought to enable plaintiff to redeem a certain lot in the city of Des Moines from a tax title- held by defendant under certain sales and deeds for taxes due and delinquent to the county and city.
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Appeal from Polk Disúriot GouH. Action in chancery brought to enable plaintiff to redeem a certain lot in the city of Des Moines from a tax title- held by defendant under certain sales and deeds for taxes due and delinquent to the county and city. The original petition was filed June 13, 1868, and alleges title to the property in question to be in plaintiff, which, it is shown, he claimed from the source and in the manner as follows, viz.: The lot was originally purchased of the county of Polk by James Farley. He died before a conveyance was executed to him for the property. On the 6th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
Beok, Oh. J.
i tenakt Am> nM of i?na-de" lord’s title. I. There are ^two aspects in which this case must be viewed, growing out of the different relations ^ Pari;ies as l’0 different parts of the lot ™ question. As to the east half of the lot the parties stand in the positions of landlord and tenant. It is conceded by both that plaintiff held this portion of the property as the tenant of defendant, at the time he acquired the title and right of redemption, under which he now seeks to recover. Neither had his tenancy terminated when this suit was commenced.
It is a familiar rule of the law, that…
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