Merrill v. Dearing

This is an ordinary action in ejectment, and was brought in 1875. The important issue in the case was raised by the supplemental answer of defendant, interposed in November, 1882, in which he sets up title in himself acquired under a tax sale made September 19, 1877, pursuant to a tax judgment rendered September 1, 1877. The court below found adversely to defendant on two grounds t First, because, even if the judgment and sale were valid, plaintiff’s right of redemption had not expired, because no notice had ever been given of the time of the expiration of the redemption period, etc., as…