Cookburn v. Auditor General

On February 12, 1898, the petitioner made a written application to the auditor general to purchase the land in question, and paid to the auditor general, with such application, the sum of $236.18. On March 11, 1898, the auditor general executed a deed to the petitioner, conveying the land in question for the taxes of 1894, and issued tax receipts for the taxes of 1895 and 1896. On July 28, 1898, the petitioner, in order to complete the purchase of said land, paid to the auditor general $72.10, the amount of taxes of 1897 assessed upon said land, for which tax' the auditor general issued a…