Morris v. Morris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

This is an action of ejectment. The plaintiff claims tó be the owner of the government title to the land in controversy, and the defendants claim it under a tax deed. The district court found the tax deed to be valid and entered judgment in favor of the defendants, to which the plaintiff excepted and prosecutes error.

In our view the validity of the tax deed is the only question which need be considered. The objections to this deed are: (1) The state tax for which the land was sold was in excess of the levy made by the state. *135(2) The grantee…