Overstreet v. Dobson

— It appears by the special finding of the court in this case, that the appellees are the only heirs-at-law of Daniel N. Dobson, deceased; that said Dobson, on the sixth day of January, 1865, sold and conveyed, by warranty deed, certain real estate to the appellant; that there remained unpaid, of the purchase money, the sum of $22 60, which the appellant had applied to the payment of taxes legally as*257sossed for the year 1865, against the property purchased. From these facts, the court held the law to be, that the taxes did not constitute such a lien upon the land as authorized the appellant to…