Richards v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Richards against the Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County and the treasurer of that county, to recover certain taxes. Trial by the court, at the April Term, 1881, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
"Valentine, J.:
This action was brought by Charles I. Richards against the board of county commissioners of Wyandotte county and E. S. W. Drought, treasurer of said county, to recover an amount of money alleged to be due to the plaintiff on six certain tax-sale certificates, set out in his petition, for the reason, as he alleges, that at the time of the assessment of the taxes upon the lands described in the certificates, the lands were “Indian lands,” and not subject to taxation, and ought not to have been assessed or taxed, or ■sold for such taxes.…
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