Harber v. Sexton & Son

i. tax sale taxpaidbed°eedSiíiváiid: ©videiicG I. The validity of the tax deed is assailed upon several grounds. It will be sufficient to consider one ^iem- The plaintiff avers that the tax for which the land was sold had been paid, and our examination of the evidence has led us to the conclusion that such is the fact. The tax in question is that for 1859. One Howard Ilarber, son of the plaintiff, "testifies that he paid the tax himself, took a receipt therefor, and delivered it to his mother. Mrs. Harber testifies that she gave her son the money, with instructions to pay the tax; that he…