Trimble v. Allen-West Commission Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. The fee of twenty-five cents to the collector for making a certificate of purchase is properly taxable as costs. Sand. & H. Dig., § 6613 ; 63 Ark. 475. There was a sufficient compliance with Sandels & Hill’s Digest, § 630. 68 Ark. 211. The record entries arc- conclusive, and cannot be contradicted or explained by parol. 61 Ark. 636; 61 Ark. 414. The action of appellees was barred.
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Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. The fee of twenty-five cents to the collector for making a certificate of purchase is properly taxable as costs. Sand. & H. Dig., § 6613 ; 63 Ark. 475. There was a sufficient compliance with Sandels & Hill’s Digest, § 630. 68 Ark. 211. The record entries arc- conclusive, and cannot be contradicted or explained by parol. 61 Ark. 636; 61 Ark. 414. The action of appellees was barred. Sand. & H. Dig., § § 6634, 4819; 25 A. & E- Enc. Law 739, 740. The tax sale of June 12, 1893, was invalid because the several tracts were sold for an…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
On the 12th day of June, 1893, T. C. Trimble purchased certain lands at a sale for taxes in the county of Lonoke in this state, received a certificate of purchase therefor, and after-wards assigned a half interest in the certificate to Louis Muller. On the 30th of July, 1895, the lands not having been redeemed, the county clerk of Lonoke county conveyed the same to them. On the 20th of May, 1896, Trimble and Muller instituted a proceeding to confirm their title in the Lonoke chancery court, which, on the 20th of May, 1897, resulted in a decree of confirmation.
On the 1st day of November, 1897,…
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