Nicholson v. Hale

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

This was an action in ejectment for the possession of a lot in the city of Dexter, Cowley county. In a trial to the court the plaintiff had judgment. The defendant brings error. Each claims title under a different tax deed.

In 1890 the title to the lot was in J. H. Serviss. The taxes for that year were not paid, and in September, 1891, the lot was sold and bid off by Cowley .county. *600Ten years later — in June, 1901 — the county treasurer assigned the certificate to William Greenwell, He assigned it to the plaintiff in error, and, on March 10,…