Thomas v. Collins

In this case plaintiff recovered below upon an Auditor General’s deed purporting to be made under the Tax Law of 1882, for taxes returned under the laws previously existing for the year 1881. Testimony was introduced to show that of these taxes the highway tax was not returned delinquent by the highway officers, although included in the sale, and also that a bridge-loan tax was unauthorized by law, as not legally voted by the township. The court below refused to allow the tax deed to be assailed for those or any other causes, although it was admitted on the trial that valid objections existed…