Douglass v. Bishop

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HortoN, C. J.:

This was an action by H. P. Bishop against Hattie R. Douglass and John A. Bolz, to quiet his title to a quarter-section of land in Jackson county. The case turns on the question of the validity of the tax deed to Bishop. The certificate of acknowledgment to the tax deed is alleged to be fatally defective. The acknowledgment is as follows:

“The State of Kansas, Coukty of JacksoN, ss.: I hereby certify that before me, W. S. Hoaglin, justice of the peace, personally appeared the above-named E. D. Rose, clerk of said county, personally known…