Lewis v. Cherry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. statement by the court. The appellee, Cherry, bought lots 4, 5 and 6, block 17, in Garland’s addition to the city of Little Rock, Ark., at a sale by a commissioner in chancery on June 19, 1899. He found after-wards that these lots had been sold on June 13, 1898, for the taxes of 1896 and 1897. He brought this suit to cancel the tax deed that had been made to the appellant Lewis, pursuant to said sale, and…
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. statement by the court. The appellee, Cherry, bought lots 4, 5 and 6, block 17, in Garland’s addition to the city of Little Rock, Ark., at a sale by a commissioner in chancery on June 19, 1899. He found after-wards that these lots had been sold on June 13, 1898, for the taxes of 1896 and 1897. He brought this suit to cancel the tax deed that had been made to the appellant Lewis, pursuant to said sale, and alleges that these lots were sold for $3.64 taxes, penalty and costs, and this amount was not lawfully due, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
(after stating the facts). It appears from the evidence in this case that lots 4, 5 and 6, in block 17, in Garland’s addition to the city of Little Rock, Ark., were sold for the taxes of 1896 and 1897; and the clerk’s record (which is the evidence) of the items and amounts for which the land was offered for sale shows that the lots were sold for taxes, penalty and costs, as follows:
Taxes, 1896..................$1.61, and 1897, $i.54=$3.i5
Penalty, 1896..................40, and 1897, -39= -79
Costs, 1896....................85, and 1897, .85= 1.70
The items of cost were:
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