18 Wis. 45 | Wis. | 1864
By the Court,
We do not see that the statutes of 1853, ch. 57, and of 1854, ch. 66, are of any force in this case, except as to the tax sale of 1858. The Revised Statutes of 1858, ch. 18, sec. 153, continues them in force only as to sales theretofore made. By sec. 1, ch. 191, R. S. 1858, they were expressly repealed from and after the first day of January, 1859. For the sales of 1859 and 1860, the case must depend upon the Laws of 1859, ch. 22. But whether
Nor are provisions of this kind so novel as the plaintiff’s counsel seems to suppose. Upon examination of Blackwell on Tax titles, chap. 27, it will be seen that like provisions have been made and similar rights of redemption given in other states. When the right of redemption exists after the execution of the deed, the title of the grantee is, of course, conditional. It is liable to be defeated by a redemption in conformity with the law ; and as against the person entitled to redeem, and who does redeem, the deed cannot have that conclusive effect ascribed to it by statute in other cases. The same law under which the purchaser acquires his right to the estate, also confers the privilege of redeeming upon the owner. The deed, if not made upon the express condition, is certainly subject to the implied one, that the estate granted shall revert to the former owner in case a redemption is made.
And this brings us to another question, and that is, whether this action can be maintained without a redemption or offer to redeem on the part of the plaintiff. We think it cannot. It is a suit in equity to restrain the defendants, the grantees in the tax deeds, their agents and servants, from entering upon, cutting and carrying away the timber, and exercising other acts of control and ownership over the premises described in the deeds. It does not appear that the plaintiff has redeemed, or that she proposes to do so. Neither is it shown that the deeds are so irregular or void as to justify a refusal to redeem.
As the complaint shows no cause of action against any of the defendants, it becomes unnecessary for us to consider the propriety of that part of the order dismissing the action as against the defendant Nathan Paine.
It follows from these views that the order appealed from must be affirmed.
Ordered accordingly.