Street v. Board of Com'rs of Cotton County

This is an action to recover the amount paid by the purchaser of tax sale certificates on lots 5 and 6 of block 82 in Walters addition to the city of Walters. The certificates were purchased at a tax sale by E. S. Halloek, and upon his death the plaintiff, Allen Street, was appointed administrator with the will annexed of his estate. Recovery is sought under the provisions of section 12749, O. S. 1931, which reads as follows:

“When lands or lots which have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be sold, and tax sale certificates or tax deeds issued by the county treasurer therefor, on which land…