Ward v. Montgomery

Suit by Ward, plaintiff and appellant, to quiet title to a tract of land he holds by virtue of a tax sale and deed.

Answer in general denial.

On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence his tax deed. The defendant objected to its admission, till proof had been made showing that the sale, on which the deed was given, was legal. And the bill of exceptions states, “ Said plaintiff making no offer to prove said precedent steps then or at any other time, the court sustained the objection, and excluded the deed.”

There was no error in this. The court pursued the correct practice. It did not…