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BARRETT v. HOLMES

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102 U.S. 651 (1881)

26 L.Ed. 291

BARRETT, v. HOLMES.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 31, 1881.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George G. Wright for the plaintiff in error.

No counsel appeared for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE WOODS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Supreme Court of Iowa has, by several decisions, construed the five years' Statute of Limitations, which is set up as a defence in this case, to apply to an action brought by one claiming under a tax deed, as well as to one brought by the original owner of the land. Brown v. Painter, 38 Iowa, 456; Laverty v. Sexton, 41 id. 435. And the court so ruled in this...

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