Porter v. Auditor General

Taxes being delinquent for 1926, the auditor general included the lands in his petition for sale, and decree was entered against them and the lands sold in May, 1929, and bid to the State. Later petitioner purchased the lands from the State and had deed. The auditor general issued certificate of error canceling the deed. Petitioner brings mandamus for vacation of the certificate of error.

It is the contention of the auditor general that the description was wholly insufficient, that there was therefore no valid tax lien, that the court had no jurisdiction to enter decree, and that he therefore…