42 Iowa 416 | Iowa | 1876
The petition alleges that plaintiff, being the owner of certain real estate in Sioux cohnty, paid, the taxes assessed thereon for the year 1871, on the 5th day of February, 1872. On the 6th of January, 1873,. the property was sold for the taxes of the year 1871. The petition, after the statement of these facts, proceeds in the following language: “That on the 14th day of April, 1875, this plaintiff, in order to prevent his said land from being conveyed by the treasurer of*said county and a cloud cast upon his title, and to avoid vexatious litigation, trouble and costs of clearing his title, and the damage and expense to him by reason of the said wrongful sale of the land, was obliged to redeem the said land from the said sale, and this plaintiff paid to the auditor of said Sioux county for the redemption of said land the sum of $87.10 and received his certificate of redemption therefor.”
The demurrer 'assails the petition on the ground that thé tax sale, from which plaintiff redeemed, was a nullity, giving the purchaser no right and imposing upon plaintiff no obligation to redeem therefrom; that the payment by plaintiff to the auditor for the redemption was voluntary, and plaintiff’ cannot recover from the county the amount so paid. The demurrer was sustained, and such ruling is the only ground of error assigned by plaintiff.
Affirmed.