Church v. Nester

The defendants claim to have inherited certain lands from their ancestor, and to own the same in fee. The plaintiff claims title to the same lands under a tax deed, and replevied from the defendants certain logs cut thereon by them. The circuit judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff for six cents damages, and, judgment being duly entered thereon, the defendants have brought the case here upon writ of error.

The case turns upon the validity or invalidity of the plaintiff’s tax title. It is urged that the court of chancery had no jurisdiction to render a decree in the tax proceeding, for the…