Scott v. Whelan

This is replevin for personal property seized by the defendant, a township treasurer, for the payment of taxes.

Unoccupied land, the title to a part of which was held by the son, by virtue of an unrecorded deed recently given by the father, was assessed as one parcel to the father, for a drain tax. After the seizure of the personal property, the father (plaintiff herein) tendered to defendant his proportionate share of the taxes, giving a notice in writing of the description of the parcel' owned by him, and refused to pay the remaining tax upon the parcel owned by his son, and, upon refusal of…