Sykes v. Beck
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Stutsman county; S'. L. Glaspell, J. Action by Richard Sykes against W. H. Beck. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Omission of lands from assessment roll, not fraudulently omitted,, will not vitiate the taxes assessed upon other lands in the same taxing jurisdiction. Shattuck et al. v. Smith ei al., 6 N. D. 56, 69 N..
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Appeal from District Court, Stutsman county; S'. L. Glaspell, J. Action by Richard Sykes against W. H. Beck. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Omission of lands from assessment roll, not fraudulently omitted,, will not vitiate the taxes assessed upon other lands in the same taxing jurisdiction. Shattuck et al. v. Smith ei al., 6 N. D. 56, 69 N.. W. Rep. 5. Conceding that there was competent evidence that a compromise was made, the board of county commissioners had authority to make it under section 1242, Comp. Laws. The assessment of the lands in name of Francis Logie Pirie et…
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, C. J.
The plaintiff instituted this action in the district court of Stutsman county to determine adverse claims to certain real estate owned by him and situate in that county. The defendant, Beck, purchased all of said lands at the 1898 tax sale for the taxes of 1897, and again at the 1899 sale for the taxes of 1898, and also paid the subsequent taxes thereon for the years 1899 and 1900. The plaintiff alleges “that in said years the said lands were not •legally assessed for taxation, and no taxes were legally levied or charged against the same. * * * and that by reason thereof all of said taxes and…
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