Hodgkin v. Boswell
Oregon Supreme Court
From Baker: William Smith, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is a suit by Frank E. Hodgkin against John Boswell to set aside a tax deed and remove a cloud from plaintiff’s title to lot 4, in block 25, in the town of Vale, Oregon.
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From Baker: William Smith, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice McBride. This is a suit by Frank E. Hodgkin against John Boswell to set aside a tax deed and remove a cloud from plaintiff’s title to lot 4, in block 25, in the town of Vale, Oregon. The cause was heretofore before this court, and is reported in 57 Or. 88 (110 Pac. 487). At that hearing it was held that the court below should have allowed plaintiff to amend his complaint so as to show that the lot in question was not in the actual possession of any person at the time suit was begun,' and the case was remanded, with directions to take…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
This suit was begun in December, 1906. The tax sale under which defendant claims was made in January, 1901, and was for the delinquent taxes of 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899; and the tax deed was delivered to the purchaser in January, 1903. The property appears to have been assessed in 1895 and 1896 to Frank E. Hodgkin, the plaintiff. In 1897 and 1898 it was assessed to F. E. Hodgkins, and in 1899 no description appears on the tax rolls, only the name “F. E. Hodgkins” and the figures “$1.10,” but whether for real or personal property it is impossible to say. The sale was in a lump sum for…
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