Hand v. . Ballou

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The first question in this case is upon the effect of the comptroller's deed, dated December 17, 1850, and delivered in July, 1851, as evidence of his authority to make sale of the lands embraced in the deed. Chapter 183 of the Laws of 1850, passed April 6, (section 2) enacts "that every conveyance of land sold for taxes theretofore or thereafter, executed by the comptroller, shall be presumptive evidence that the comptroller had authority to sell and convey the…