Brush v. Watson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Heard on pleadings, master’s report, and exceptions thereto, at the June Term, 1906, Caledonia County, Waterman, Chancellor. Exceptions overruled, pro forma, and, pro forma, decree for the orator “in accordance with the prayer of the bill.” The defendant appealed. The master reported that the $20.21, for which the tax collector sold the land in question to the defendant, was the amount of the unpaid tax thereon, with costs.
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Appeal in Chancery. Heard on pleadings, master’s report, and exceptions thereto, at the June Term, 1906, Caledonia County, Waterman, Chancellor. Exceptions overruled, pro forma, and, pro forma, decree for the orator “in accordance with the prayer of the bill.” The defendant appealed. The master reported that the $20.21, for which the tax collector sold the land in question to the defendant, was the amount of the unpaid tax thereon, with costs. The opinion fully states the case. One who claims title to land under a tax collector’s deed has the burden of proving every act that the law requires…
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
This is a bill in chancery to remove a cloud from the title of about one hundred and eight acres of land, part of lot No. 96 and the whole of lot No. 101 in the second and third divisions in Woodbury, Vt. The alleged cloud consists of a collector’s deed bearing date April 6, 1899. The deed is based upon an alleged vendue sale to the defendant on the 26th day of March, A. D. 1898, to satisfy a tax assessed against the orator for the sum of $18.50 and $1.71 costs of collection. It is not disputed but that the orator’s title to the land in question is perfect, if the defendant’s is void. The…
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