Harris v. Drought
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Gowt. Action brought by Efarris against Drought, as treasurer of Wyandotte county, and the county clerk and the commissioners of that county, to perpetually enjoin the defendants from placing certain lots situate in the city of Wyandotte, on the delinquent tax list for 1879, etc. The opinion states the facts. Trial at the December Term, 1879, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
*525The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
In the year of 1873, Edmund Harris was the owner of lots 3 and 4, in block 94, in the city of Wyandotte, Kansas. The taxes assessed against the property for that year, $15.75, were not paid, and in 1874, it was sold by the county treasurer to one George P. Nelson. The taxes for the years 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877, were regularly paid by the purchaser, Nelson, till the three years from the date of sale had expired, when he took a deed for the lots from Wyandotte county, dated in the fall of 1877. Nelson brought an action against Harris,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Haxton v. HarrisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878