Robert P. Lewis Co. v. Knowlton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to determine the adverse claims of defendants to real estate in plaintiff’s possession.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to determine the adverse claims of defendants to real estate in plaintiff’s possession. Defendants asserted an interest under a state assignment certificate, regular upon its face, for the taxes of 1806, and an additional lien for $989.03, being the subsequent delinquent taxes of 1897 upon the premises, paid by defendants, as the holders of said certificate, on January 31, 1899. The case was tried before Kelly, J., who found the 1896 tax judgment void and the valid and true amount of the 1897 taxes to be $802.32, which sum, without penalties but…
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Action to determine adverse title to real estate in Ramsey county. The taxes on the land for 1896 were unpaid, sale was made, the lands bid in by the state, the right of the state duly assigned to defendants, and a certificate regular on its face issued to the purchasers.
The same land was again assessed for taxes in 1897 amounting to $859.91, $286 of which was water-frontage tax, held valid under State v. Robert P. Lewis Co., 72 Minn. 87, 75 N. W. 108, which were unpaid. January 20, 1899, the auditor filed with the clerk of the district court the delinquent list, including the tax in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barber v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- State v. Robert P. Lewis Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Berglund v. GravesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- State v. Robert P. Lewis Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Parks v. WatsonUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
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