Brown v. Going

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

To quiet their title to a five-acre tract of land in Shawnee county, Mattie E. Brown and Margaret B. Edmondson brought this action against J. F. Going and others, *267and in the district court they prevailed. An appeal is taken by Going, and it is conceded that if the tax deed under which he holds is void the judgment must be affirmed.

The validity of the defendant’s tax deed hinges upon whether the certificate upon which it was based was prematurely issued. That, in turn, depends mainly on whether or not Shawnee county had adopted the…