Comm'rs of Franklin Co. v. Pennock
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Franklin District Court. Injunction, brought by Mrs. Pennock, against the Board of County Commissioners, and the county clerk of Franklin county, and the holders of certain tax-certificates, to restrain the issuing of tax-deeds for certain lands assessed and sold for taxes, and to have said assessment and sales declared illegal and void.
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Error from Franklin District Court. Injunction, brought by Mrs. Pennock, against the Board of County Commissioners, and the county clerk of Franklin county, and the holders of certain tax-certificates, to restrain the issuing of tax-deeds for certain lands assessed and sold for taxes, and to have said assessment and sales declared illegal and void. Mrs. Pennock is a mixed, or half-blood Sac- and-Fox Indian, a member by birth and blood, and from her birth has been and now is in tribal relations with the confederated tribes of the Sacs-and-Foxes of the Mississippi. Her husband, Henry L.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The sole question presented by the record in this case is, whether the lands belonging to the mixed or half-bloods of the Sac-and-Fox Indians residing in Kansas, but who have tribal relations with the confederated tribes of the Sacs-and-Foxes of the Mississippi, are taxable. The authorities of Franklin county assert the right, and the district court of that county having denied it, and having granted a perpetual injunction against certain tax deeds being issued embracing lands of the defendant in error, the question is properly here for…
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