City of Wichita v. Anderson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff commenced this action to enjoin the defendant as county treasurer of Sedgwick county and the other defendants as officers of that county, from levying a tax upon real property belonging to the city and from selling that property for the payment of those taxes. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.

On October 13, 1922, the plaintiff purchased real property known as Oak Park and immediately went into possession thereof and devoted the property to public park purposes. The deed was not…