Lancaster v. DuHadway

Best, C.

The appellants, who are minors, brought this action by their next friend, against Caleb S. DuHadway, auditor of Wayne county, and AlmeronF. Chapin, who had purchased the appellants’ land for taxes, to cancel the certificate of purchase and to enjoin the execution of a deed.

The complaint consisted of two paragraphs, each of which averred, in substance, that the appellants owned the land de*566scribed; that said auditor, on the 12th day of February, 1880, sold said land to said Chapin at a tax sale for $91.57, the full amount of taxes due thereon, and issued to him a certificate of…