Hain v. Robinson

It is stated in the petition, in substance, that in 1872 the plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate, and it was then agreed in parol between him and Frank M. Eobinson that the latter would pay the taxes on said real estate from time to time, and protect the title thereto, and save the plaintiff from loss of said property by reason of any sales thereof for taxes, and that he would bid said lots in at tax sales, and hold the certificates and tax deeds taken in his na.ms in trust as security for money advanced; and that whenever the plaintiff should pay to said Eobinson the several and…