Wakeman v. Thompson

J. J. Jackson, Judge :

It is alleged in the original and first amended bill in this canso, that the plaintiff was the owner of 60,000 acres of land lying mostly in Boone county, in this state, a part of which is in controversy in this suit: ' That for the years 1869 and 1870 it was returned delinquent by the sheriff of Boone county for the non-payment of taxes thereon, in the name of the plaintiff’; that on the 12th day of October, 1871, it was sold by the sheriff of Boone county for the non-payment of taxes thereon, and was purchased by the state, not being redeemed by the owner within the…