Hughes County v. Henry

It is with much reluctance and hesitation I am expressing views differing from my associates in this case.

But the right of the state, its subdivisions, and municipalities to levy and collect without delay or hindrance the taxes necessary to' their existence should, I think, be decided when squarely presented as they are in this case.

Nor should the state as mortgagee be subjected to a burden *108not imposed on other mortgagees, based on a clause found in practically all mortgages in the state, providing in substance that unpaid taxes, liens and judgments when paid by the mortgagee should become a…