Cakerice v. Reiss

On July 8, 1935, Marshall County, Iowa, bid in at scavenger tax sale a residence lot in Marshalltown, and subsequently secured tax deed thereunder. Thereafter the county conveyed the lot to plaintiff, Floyd Cakerice, who later brought this action in equity to quiet title thereto against the former titleholder and certain lienholders. Trial resulted in decree for plaintiff and defendants appeal, attacking the validity of the tax sale and tax deed upon two grounds.

I. The annual tax sale had been originally set for December 3, 1934, and had been adjourned to July 8, 1935, by successive…