Dean Ex Rel. v. Kane

This is a writ of error taken to an order granting defendant a new trial after verdict for the plaintiffs below in an ejectment suit brought to recover possession of land under a tax deed. The nature of the relationship between Elizabeth B. Dean, who acquired the tax deed, and her assignee, W. F. Zimmerman, and the land owner who failed to pay his taxes in consequence whereof the tax deed issued, is set forth in the opinion of this Court in the case of Kane v. Eustis, decided at the present term, not yet reported.

The declaration in the case was in the usual form and the sole plea was “not…