Stryker v. Polk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. Plaintiff appeals from an order refusing to grant an injunction, his petition making the following case: On the third day of May, 1858, the State conveyed to the Des Moines Navigation and Bailroad Company many tracts of land, including that which plaintiff in his petition claims as exempt from taxation for 1859, and all subsequent years. In October, 1859, the company, by deed of general warranty, conveyed tbe same lands to the petitioner.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. Plaintiff appeals from an order refusing to grant an injunction, his petition making the following case: On the third day of May, 1858, the State conveyed to the Des Moines Navigation and Bailroad Company many tracts of land, including that which plaintiff in his petition claims as exempt from taxation for 1859, and all subsequent years. In October, 1859, the company, by deed of general warranty, conveyed tbe same lands to the petitioner. The conveyance, being by warranty, was made by tbe State, claiming to be tbe owner, and to have title under and by virtue…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
*1341. des Moines taxation. *133The question in this case is not, when did plaintiff acquire a full, clear, complete and indefeasible *134title to t3lis laild- Nor ^ewe anything to do with any possible claim of title on the part 0£ aQy 0^er person or corporation. • In cases of this character it would be without precedent, and in violation of the plainest rights of property,-to undertake to adjudicate possible or probable conflicting claims. Our duty is simply to inquire whether this land was the property of the United States, or of the State, for any of the years named, within the meaning of our revenue…
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- Litchfield v. County of HamiltonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874
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