Luzadder v. State ex rel. Rhine

The only question in this case not settled by the decisions in the cases of Racer v. State, etc., ante, p. 393, and Curry v. State, etc., ante, p. 439, is that which arises upon the contention of the appellant’s counsel that the description of the land assessed is so defective as to make the assessment ineffective.

The description is so radically defective that the assessment can not be enforced unless corrected. A valid description is essential to the validity of an assessment. Zigler v. Menges, 121 Ind. 99; Ross v. State, etc., 119 Ind. 90. This is conceded by the appellee’s counsel, but it…