Lockhart v. Smith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

Plaintiff seeks to compel defendant to accept 'title to six lots of ground situated in the square bounded by Camp, ■Chestnut, Cadiz and Jena streets, designated as lots 6, Y, 8, 9,10 and 24 on a plan of the square. There was judgment in the District Court in favor of defendant and plaintiff appealed.

An examination of the record shows that these lots were adjudicated to one A. McConnell, Jr., on the 19th January, 1884, at two tax sales made on that day in enforcement of taxes of 1880, assessed upon the same as the property of Jacob…