Briscoe v. Board of Comm'rs of Ellsworth Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Ellsworth District Court. In an action pending in the district court of Ellsworth county, at the September Term, 1879, to compel George Huyelo, as treasurer of the county, to execute and deliver to John O. Briscoe a certificate of redemption for certain land sold to the county for the non-payment of taxes, the following agreed statement of facts was filed: “Whereas, on the 5th day of September, 1876, there was a tax charged against the following-described real…
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Error from Ellsworth District Court. In an action pending in the district court of Ellsworth county, at the September Term, 1879, to compel George Huyelo, as treasurer of the county, to execute and deliver to John O. Briscoe a certificate of redemption for certain land sold to the county for the non-payment of taxes, the following agreed statement of facts was filed: “Whereas, on the 5th day of September, 1876, there was a tax charged against the following-described real estate, situate in Ellsworth county, Kansas: S.E.‡ of sec. 21, T. 15, R. 8, of the sum of $99.66; and whereas, on said 5th…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The briefs in this case are of little value, as they assume § 135, ch. 34, Laws 1876, to be-in force, whereas that section was repealed by Laws of 1879, ch. 43, §4, which took effect March 15,1879. Sec. 127 of ch. 34, Laws 1876, as amended by § 1, ch. 41, Laws 1879, however, provides that any owner may at any time before the execution of a tax deed redeem any land by paying to the treasurer of the county where such land is sold, for the use of the purchaser, the amount for which the land was sold, and all subsequent taxes and charges…
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