Burns v. Ford

This is a hearing on a petition filed to review the proceedings in a tax case had on petition of the auditor general. Petitioner has succeeded to the original title, and defendant Edgar W. Ford is a purchaser from the State of the title derived on a sale of the land under a decree. There is no showing that the tax was paid prior to the sale, nor that the land has been redeemed, nor that the land was exempt from taxation. If the court obtained jurisdiction of the proceeding, and has so far followed the statute as to retain jurisdiction, the petitioner is not entitled to have the sale set…