Wetherbee v. Dunn
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the tax deed to his grantor, without proving that the person who executed it was the Tax Collector, or the genuineness of his signature.
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the tax deed to his grantor, without proving that the person who executed it was the Tax Collector, or the genuineness of his signature. The recitals in the deed did not state in what manner the tax had been levied, the rate of taxation, nor for what amount the land had been assessed by the Assessor, nor that a certificate of the tax sale had been filed with the County Clerk. The defendants objected to its reception for these among other reasons, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sanderson, J.:
Ejectment to recover part of Block Number Twenty-Five, in the City of San Francisco. The plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant appealed.
The plaintiff’s title is founded upon a sale of the premises by the. Tax Collector for taxes of 1857-8, made under the Revenue Act of 1857 (Statutes 1857, p. 325,) and the Act of 1859 (Statutes 1859, p. 4,) legalizing the tax list of the City and County of San Francisco for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1858. In support of his title he offered in evidence a deed from the Tax Collector to one Yassault, under whom he claims.…
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