People ex rel. Hicks v. Lycan

In August, 1923, the board of review of Edgar county raised the assessment of two tracts of land of 172.94 acres and 80 acres, respectively, assessed in the name of the H. Lycan estate. Lycan had died several years before 1923, leaving seven children as his heirs. His son Harry was appointed administrator and settled the estate and was discharged in 1921. Afterward, by consent of J:he other co-tenants, he attended to the renting of the land, the collection of rents and the payment of taxes. In the spring of 1924 when he went to pay the taxes he discovered the increase in the assessment. He…