Peterson v. Jefferson County

In his complaint, plaintiff set forth two causes of action. The trial court awarded him the relief which he sought in his second cause of action (which concerned unpaid taxes against the land hereinafter mentioned), and with that we are not concerned.

In his first cause of action, plaintiff alleged his ownership of a tract of land in Jefferson county, and that the same was valuable only on account of the timber growing thereon; that the county had caused the timber to be cruised, and had assessed the property for the years 1922 to 1929, both years inclusive, on the basis of its cruise; that,…