Cooper v. Freeman Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court in Chancery.. Charees W. Smith, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 12th of August, 1892, the appellant brought-, this suit in equity against the , appellees to set aside a. tax sale and cancel a tax deed of appellees to eight tracts of land, sold in the year 1887 for the taxes of 1886. The complaint alleges that each of said tracts of' land was sold by the tax collector for certain amounts, as costs, not due thereon — i.
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Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court in Chancery.. Charees W. Smith, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 12th of August, 1892, the appellant brought-, this suit in equity against the , appellees to set aside a. tax sale and cancel a tax deed of appellees to eight tracts of land, sold in the year 1887 for the taxes of 1886. The complaint alleges that each of said tracts of' land was sold by the tax collector for certain amounts, as costs, not due thereon — i. The court found against the plea of limitation. But parol testimony was admitted by the court to show that the items named were not…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
(after stating the facts). Section 5763 of Mansfield’s Digest (now section 6606 of Sandels & Hill’s Digest), provides, after prescribing the notice to be attached to the delinquent list of lands to be advertised for sale, that “the clerk of the county court shall record said list and notice in a book to be kept by him for the purpose, and shall certify at the foot of said record, stating in what newspaper said list was published,” etc. This section further requires that said list shall show the taxes, penalty and costs due upon each tract, and that it shall be stated in said notice that each…
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