Hewitt v. Parsley

The bill in this case was filed by the appellee to compel ■ he appellant to specifically perform a contract for the purchase of a certain lot in Takoma Park. The appellant refused to do so, because he avers, the appellee cannot convey a good title. The agreed statement of facts, shows, that the lot in question was owned in 1890 by Ellen J. Foot. That in June, 1898, the Town Council of Takoma Park, a municipal corporation created by the Act of 1896, ch. 310, by ordinance levied taxes for the year ending July X, 1898, that the said lot was assess d in the name of Ellen Foot to pay taxes…