Crisman v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeals from the District Court'of Arapahoe County. These cases were submitted upon the same briefs, and argued together orally to the court. The plaintiffs in each case claim title from the government patentee through various mesne conveyances. The defendant in each case claims title by virtue of certain tax sales, and tax deeds executed in pursuance of such sales. These tax deeds are substantially in the form prescribed by statute.
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Appeals from the District Court'of Arapahoe County. These cases were submitted upon the same briefs, and argued together orally to the court. The plaintiffs in each case claim title from the government patentee through various mesne conveyances. The defendant in each case claims title by virtue of certain tax sales, and tax deeds executed in pursuance of such sales. These tax deeds are substantially in the form prescribed by statute. The one to Crisman embraces twenty-seven lots, and the one to Heinrich one hundred and seventy-nine lots, all described as a part of Cottage Hill Land Company’s…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt
Are the tax deeds relied upon by the defendants void upon their face ?
It is admitted that the sale in the Heinrich case was made at the place fixed by the statute, but it is claimed that the sale in the Crisman case was not so made. Both sales were made at the office of the county clerk and recorder of Arapahoe county, this being the county wherein the property is situate, but after the sale in the Heinrich case, and before the sale in the Crisman case, the following statute was passed:
“ On or before the first Monday in June in each year the treasurer is directed to offer at public sale, at…
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