Rowley v. Howard

Crocker,, J.

delivered the opinion of the Court—Norton, J. concurring.

This is an-action to recover the possession of a lot in the town of Folsom. The plaintiff claims title under a tax deed, executed by the Sheriff, in pursuance of a sale under an execution issued out of the District Court, upon a judgment for taxes, rendered in a Justice’s Court by default. The judgment was rendered, and the proceedings had, under and in pursuance of a statute of this State, entitled “ An Act to provide for the collection of Delinquent *403Taxes in the City and County of Sacramento,” approved April 3d, 1860.…