Talmadge v. Seward

Appellant filed this hill in the chancery court, seeking a cancellation of the tax deed executed by the sheriff of the county to Seward, the appellee, in pursuance of a tax sale. The grounds upon which the bill sought relief were:

First, that because of the description of the land sold it was incapable of being intelligently sold in forty-acre tracts by the sheriff' and tax collector, and therefore the deed was void.

Second, that the clerk failed to give notice to the lienors, as required by the statute, and therefore the sale was void.

Third, that the sheriff did not sell the land in forty-acre…