Gibson v. Hammerburg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In an action to recover a lot in the city of Cherryvale the result turned on whether a tax deed purporting to convey the lot, and under which Godfrey Hammerburg held, was valid on its face. The defect relied on by Charles E. Gibson, who held under a conveyance from the original owner, was that a full description of the land was not given in the granting clause of the tax deed. In the first part of the tax deed, and as a part of the recital that the lot was subject to taxation, it'is fully and accurately described. In the succeeding…