Penrose v. Cooper

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

S. W. Cooper brought an action against W. B. Penrose for the possession of two town lots, and recovered judgment, from which the defendant prosecutes error. The claim of Penrose was based upon two tax deeds, one of which had been of record for more than five years. Cooper claimed to hold title by a chain of conveyances running back to the patentee from the federal government. The important questions presented are whether the tax deeds were good upon their face, and, if not, whether the plaintiff showed that he had any standing to question…