State ex rel. Parish Grove Township v. Stanley

This was an action by the appellant against the appellee, to recover possession of a part of the school section of land in the township named.

The defendant answered, admitting that on the 7th of June, 1849, the land belonged to the inhabitants, &c., and averring that on that day the auditor of the county, who was ex officio school commissioner, sold the same to William T. Rowe, and issued to him a certificate of purchase therefor, which certificate is set out, and shows that the land was sold for 400 dollars, 100 dollars of which was paid down, and the interest on the remainder of the…