Hanchett v. Auditor General

This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to cancel a certain tax deed for the taxes of 1893. The relator claims to be the. owner of an undivided one-half of lot 1, being a part of the northwest fractional quarter, of section 29, township 8 north, of range 16 west, by virtue of the provisions of a will made by Luman Jenison, who, she claims, was the owner of the original title. The return of the respondent denies that the relator is the owner of said interest, and claims that it is owned by Stephen L. Munroe. He denies that Mr. Jenison was ever the owner of the…