State v. Allman

This is a general tax suit brought to collect from various named defendants delinquent state and county taxes on lands lying in Monroe county. Horace Van Deventer, a named defendant, answers denying that lands involved in which he owns an undivided half interest are subject to state and county taxes, and by cross-bill he seeks to recover back certain taxes heretofore paid under protest, and to enjoin further proceedings to tax said lands. The chancellor dismissed the cross-bill and Van Deventer appeals. His theory and insistence is that his lands lie within a certain strip of territory,…