McCoy v. Hickman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The abstract does not show what the cause of action of the plaintiff, McCoy, was, nor the claims of some of the defendants, but the issues tried arose upon a counter claim of Hickman for the foreclosure of a mortgage, the answer of Doty claiming under two tax deeds, and the answer of Reeves claiming under the patent title. Both Doty and Reeves also pleaded the statute of limitations against the mortgage. It is conceded that both tax deeds were void as *310conveyances. The court allowed a lien upon the land for the amount of taxes, interest and…