Griggs v. St. Croix Co.

This action is brought by Chauncey W. Griggs, a citizen of Minnesota, against the county of St. Croix, in the state of Wisconsin, and James A. Mapes, the county treasurer thereof, to enjoin the sale of a large quantity of lands for the payment of the taxes assessed thereon in the town of Emerald, in said county, for the year 1882, and to have such taxes, amounting to the sum of $1,912.16, declared void, and the lands upon which they were assessed, lying in said town of Emerald, declared free from the lien and payment thereof.

The bill of complaint sets up a very great number of defects in the…