Vanderlinde v. Canfield
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action to determine adverse claims to unoccupied land in Wright county. Defence title in defendants under tax judgment, sele to the state, and assignment to defendants’ grantor.
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Action to determine adverse claims to unoccupied land in Wright county. Defence title in defendants under tax judgment, sele to the state, and assignment to defendants’ grantor. At the trial, before Loehren, J., in June, 1888, the defendants introduced the tax judgment, entered August 10, 1874:, in proceedings to enforce payment of real-estate taxes delinquent June 1, 1874, (which was objected to as incompetent for want of proof of jurisdiction to enter it,) and then offered the auditor’s certificate, dated September 26,1874, conveying the land to the state, and reciting that it had been bid…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiffs were owners of the legal title of the premises, and still continue to be such, unless the defendants have acquired title through a state-assignment certificate issued under Laws 1874, c. 1, § 129, by the auditor of the county of Wright. The land was bid in for the state, and the principal question upon this appeal is the sufficiency of the certificate of sale issued to the state, and the effect of its admission in evidence. It was issued upon the sale for delinquent taxes levied in 1873, made August 10, 1874. The certificate is set out in full in the record, and the respondents…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Farnham v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Sanborn v. CooperSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Gilfillan v. HobartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
- Beggs v. PaineNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1906
- Smith v. KippSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Clooten v. WangNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1929
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980