Vassar v. Straughn

This is an action in mandamus instituted in district court by the alleged purchaser of property at tax resale against the county treasurer to compel the issuance of a resale tax deed. Judgment was for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

The property in question was an improved town lot. It was offered for sale at the 1940 resale for delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and costs, aggregating the sum of $1,601.04, and plaintiff offered the highest bid therefor. The property had been assessed as of January 1, 1939, at the sum of $1,950. In April, 1940, prior to the resale in May at which the…