73 Iowa 224 | Iowa | 1887
The defendant claims title to the real estate in controversy under a tax deed, and the plaintiff claims the same to be invalid upon two grounds.
State of Iowa, Kossuth County—ss.: I, V. II. Stotigli, being first duly sworn, say that I am the agent of S. E. Raymond, the holder of the certificate of purchase described in
It clearly appears that the notice was published in the Algona Republican, a weekly' newspaper published in Kossuth county. This is sufficient, unless it must appear in words that the newspaper was printed in said county. The statute seems to require that the notice shall he published in a newspaper printed in the proper county. It is true that there may be a publication in the county, although the newspaper may not actually be printed there. But when it is said a newspaper is published in any place, it is meant and intended that it is actually printed in such place. The affidavit of proof of service is sufficient, for the reason that the word “ published,” as used therein, means precisely what the statute requires, and that is, that the newspajier was printed in Kossuth county. Affirmed.