Worthen v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court. James S. Thomas, Judge. The lands were exempt from taxation under the act of January 6, 1851. 19 Ark. 360; Abbott’s N. D. vol. 4, p. 364, § 48; 4 Wall. 143; 71 TJ. S. 314; 3 Blackwell, Tax Titles, § 801 et seq.
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Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court. James S. Thomas, Judge. The lands were exempt from taxation under the act of January 6, 1851. 19 Ark. 360; Abbott’s N. D. vol. 4, p. 364, § 48; 4 Wall. 143; 71 TJ. S. 314; 3 Blackwell, Tax Titles, § 801 et seq. On this account, and also because the sale by the auditor was for an amount in excess of the amount due for taxes, the sale is void. 3 Blackwell, Tax Titles, §§ 807-3; 56 Ark. 93. Possession under a void tax sale is not adverse unless the deed be recorded. 1 Ballard’s Ann. Law of Beal Prop. § 430. The certificate of purchase at a tax sale is not “color…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
James W. Mathews purchased east half of northeast quarter, and west half of northeast quarter of section 39, township 3 south, range 7 west, on the 35th day of May, 1859, and afterwards received his patent, dated 33d September, 1861. Jere Edwards purchased from the auditor of state, under the statute regulating sale of forfeited lands, the east half of the northeast quarter in 1873 or 1874, and took possession, not only of the east half of the northeast quarter, but of the whole of the northeast quarter of said section, and from that time on put valuable improvements on said east half of the…
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