Gibson v. Orton

This case turns upon the validity of a tax deed which had been recorded more than five years. The deed recites that the order authorizing the *9compromise was made by the board of county commissioners on the 8th day of October, 1900, and that on October 26, 1900, the sum of thirty-four dollars and ten cents was paid to the treasurer by the assignee. The consideration is stated to be the payment of “the sum of Forty-five Dollars and Seventeen cents, taxes, costs, and interest due on said land for the years A. D. 1895 to 1900 inclusive, as per compromise.” The trial court held the deed void on…