75 Iowa 36 | Iowa | 1888
— The land in controversy is the west half of the northwest quarter of section 7, in township 96 north, range 41 west. Plaintiff claims under a patent from the government of the United States. Defendant claims under two tax deeds by the treasurer of O’ Brien county, the first of which was executed to Charles C. Orr, June 28, 1866, under an alleged sale in 1860 for the taxes of 1858 and 1859. The other was executed to T. J. Stone on the twenty-eighth of December, 1870, under an alleged sale in 1867 for the taxes of 1866.