Wallace v. Brown

Brown brought an action of ejectment against Wallace for a tract of land. On the trial before the court, sitting as a jury, it was admitted by the parties that the plaintiff purchased the land at a tax sale made by the collector of Crittenden county, for the taxes charged thereon, obtained the collector’s deed, and that his title was afterwards confirmed by decree of the court of chancery under the statute. That the defendant was the owner of the land in fee at the time of the sale, and prior to the sale paid the taxes for which the land was sold, had the collector’s receipt therefor, and was…