Jacobs v. Union Trust Co.

Petitioner, Jacobs, purchased land in the city of Detroit, at public sale, of the receiver of the City Savings Bank, April 27, 1903. He advised the receiver that he had been informed the city taxes for the current year should be paid by the vendor. The matter was left open, without prejudice to either party, and later, the vendor refusing to pay them, the taxes were paid by petitioner. He is seeking in this proceeding to recover the money so paid out. The single question presented is whether, at the time of the sale, the taxes were an obligation which the vendor, as between itself and the…