Gordon v. Palmer

Action to determine adverse claims to lots 3, 4 and 5, block 5, village of Littlefork, Koochiching county. The defendant answered, claiming ownership through a tax title proceeding. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, defendant appealed.

The record title of lots 3 and 5 was in Charles Erickson, and of lot 4 in Margaret Erickson, his wife. The taxes were not paid for the year 1912. The lots were sold for taxes and bid in by the *137defendant, who received tax certificates therefor. There was a mortgage covering the three lots, which was subsequently foreclosed. The plaintiffs bid in the lots…