Campbell v. Bruce

The plaintiff, on July .18, 1940, fded her petition in equity, asking to have the title quieted to Lot 285, Watrous Park, Plat 2, a part of the city of Des Moines, and alleging that the plaintiff had tendered the statutory amount for a quitclaim deed, which had been refused by the defendant. There was a general denial by Greenwalt, Treasurer of Polk County, and by Kuble, the county attorney, for Polk County. The answer of Mary M. Bruce was a general denial, and alleged that the taxes for which the property was sold at the tax sale in May 1935, purported to be delinquent taxes and were not…