Branham v. Bezanson

Action under the statute to determine adverse claims to real estate, the complaint alleging plaintiff to be the owner and in possession. The answer first denies plaintiff's title, and, in a paragraph designated “second,” alleges that defendant is the owner in fee-simple, and, in'another paragraph designated “third,” proceeds : “And for a third and further defence, the defendant alleges that this defendant is the owner in fee-simple of the real estate de*50scribed, under a tax certificate” — then attempting to set forth a tax sale to one from whom defendant derived the title passed by the sale.…