141 Iowa 512 | Iowa | 1909
Some ten years prior to the . commencement of this action one Jacob Sehandelmeier died seised of two lots in the city of Boone, on one of which was a house occupied by himself and his family as a home. He left a will, by the terms of which his widow was given a life estate in said property, with remainder over to his sons, William J. and John G. The two lots, which ad
There are still other apparently insuperable objections to said deed disclosed by the record, but we shall not stop to discuss them. Moreover, the redemption having been allowed and made, and record thereof having been duly entered upon the books of both auditor and treasurer, even though such redemption was improvidently permitted or was made, under circumstances upon which a court of equity would hold it invalid or ineffective, there is very grave doubt whether the treasurer had any right or authority to ignore it and issue a deed as if no redemption had been made, but this question not' having been argued by counsel, we shall not undertake to decide’ it. See Burchardt v. Scofield, 141 Iowa, 336.
We have sufficiently indicated our view that the decree of the district court is correct, and it is affirmed.