Gibson v. Jackson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

This case involves the validity of a tax deed on record eleven years. It includes four separate descriptions, and the separate and aggregate amounts for which they were sold at the tax sale are correctly stated. The separate amounts of subsequent taxes paid on each description are also correctly stated, but in the granting clause the total of all payments is given as $213.95 instead of $227.35. The recital is “for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred thirteen dollars and ninety-five cents, taxes, costs and interest in the aggregate,…