Case Name: Goodnow v. Wells
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1888-05-17
Citations: 78 Iowa 760
Docket Number: 
Parties: Goodnow v. Wells.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 760–760

Head Matter:
Goodnow v. Wells.
Taxes: erroneous payment on another’s land : recovery by payer prom owner: statute op limitations. (Goodnow v. Stryker, 61 Iowa, 261, followed.)
Appeal from Webster District Court,
Filed, May 17, 1888.
Action in equity to recover taxes paid under substantially the same circumstances as in Goodnow v. Stryker, 61 Iowa, 261. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
Theo. Hawley, for appellant.
Geo. Crane, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The facts in this case are the same as in Goodnow v. Stryker, 61 Iowa, 261, and following that case the judgment of the district court must be affirmed. There are members of the court who think the cited case was incorrectly decided, but under the well-settled rule of stare decisis they think we must adhere thereto, especially so because of the many peculiar facts and many cases which have been determined by this court based on the subject matter upon which this action is grounded. Affirmed.