Johnson v. Harper

This is an action of ejectment brought by the appellee against the appellant, basing his right to recover on a tax deed, made to him, as the purchaser of the land, at a sale for State and county taxes. The defendant in the court below objected to the introduction of the deed, because there was no evidence that the lands described in the deed were advertised for sale by the tax collector before he sold the same. There is no recital in the deed to the effect that such advertisement was made, nor was there any independent proof thereof. While it may not have been erroneous to allow the deed to…