Brosemer v. Kelsey

On the 15th day of May, 1883, appellee received from the county auditor a tax deed for appellants’ land, based upon a sale made in February, 1881. In 1877 and 1878, two ditches, known as the Kelsey and Hissong ditches, were established by the board of county commissioners, under the act of March 9th, 1875,1 R. S. 1876, p. 428. In each of the proceedings, allotments of work were apportioned to appellants’ land, and they not having performed the work, it was sold by the auditor as in section 12 of the act provided. It was sold to W. Kelsey. He did the work which amounted to $165.31 in the…