Perham v. Haverhill Fibre Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Motion, by the defendant Pike, in Perham v. The .Haverhill Fibre Co. & a., 64 N. H. 2, that the plaintiff pay him the amount of the tax and expense of sale, which he paid as the consideration of the collector’s deed to him.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The decision in this case in' favor of the plaintiff upon a bill in equity for relief against the sale of land for taxes and for a reconveyance by the defendant Pike, the purchaser at the tax sale, made at the December term, 1885 (Perham v. Fibre Co., 64 N. H. 2), was upon the ground that illegality in the assessment of the property defeated the tax title. At a subsequent trial term, the defendant moved that, as a condition of the reconveyance, the plaintiff be decreed to pay him the amount of taxes and expenses of sale which he paid as a consideration for his deed. This motion was denied,…
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