Webster v. Cressler

Plaintiff commenced this action to quiet title to certain lands. Plaintiffs title depended upon the validity of a tax deed. The court held the tax deed invalid and decreed ownership of the land in defendant subject to a lien securing payment to the plaintiff of certain taxes paid by the plaintiff and costs plaintiff had paid in taking the tax deed. The defendant has appealed from that portion of the judgment decreeing that the land was subject to the lien in the amount set forth.

Appellant first contends that, the tax deed being invalid, the plaintiff should not be entitled to recover the…