Warren v. Cook

The plaintiff in error filed his bill in the circuit court of Jefferson county, to enjoin defendant Cook from taking out a tax deed to a certain town lot in Mt. Vernon, which Cook had purchased at a tax sale in June, 1883, for taxes for the years 1875 to 1882, inclusive. These taxes were alleged in the bill to have been paid by plaintiff in error before judgment therefor, in May, 1883, under which the property was sold. The bill also charged that the county tax included in the tax liens for those years was at the rate of one dollar on each $100 valuation, in violation of the constitution and…