City of Logansport v. Case

Dissenting Opinion.

Mitchell, C. J.

The judgment of the court seems to be predicated upon the following propositions: 1. A tax sale, although made in disregard of the most peremptory requirements of the statute, is, nevertheless, not invalid and void, unless the land sold was not liable to taxation, or unless the taxes had been paid, or the description of the land was so imperfect as to fail to describe the property with reasonable certainty, or where the sale was made without authority of law, which is interpreted to mean, where the officer had no power to make the sale. 2. A tax sale,…