Anderson v. Williams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Arkansas Circuit Court. John M. Elliott, Judge. 1. A sale for taxes on a day not appointed by law is void. 33 Ark. 748 ; 53 id. 204. As the land was forfeited to the State for the non-payment of the taxes of 1868, it was not subject to taxation in 1874-5. 18 Ark. 44. 2. Appellee was not entitled to the value of improvements.
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Appeal from Arkansas Circuit Court. John M. Elliott, Judge. 1. A sale for taxes on a day not appointed by law is void. 33 Ark. 748 ; 53 id. 204. As the land was forfeited to the State for the non-payment of the taxes of 1868, it was not subject to taxation in 1874-5. 18 Ark. 44. 2. Appellee was not entitled to the value of improvements. They were made before he had color of title, and were put there by mistake. 3. The county taxes, being illeg-al, cannot be made a charge on the land. 54 Ark. 669 ; 43 id. 306; 50 id. 393 ; lb. 389; 37 id. 100; 34 id. 582; 24 id. 459 ; 56 Miss. 718; Black, Tax…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment instituted in the Arkansas county circuit court, on the 10th February, 1891, by the appellee against the appellant, for the recovery of the frl. W. | of S. E. i of section 12, township 8 south, range 4 west, and in said county of Arkansas.
Plaintiff, Williams, claimed title by purchase from the State Band Commissioner, December 17, 1890, and that the State had derived its title by a forfeiture' of the land in 1869 for the non-payment, of the taxes of 1868, and from a sale in accordance therewith had August 4, 1869. Plaintiff also, in the alternative, claimed the…
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