City of Indianapolis v. Patterson

Appellee brought this action to recover an amount paid, by her to the city as taxes, assessed upon her land, and to enjoin the further collection of taxes theretofore assessed, and, also, to enjoin the further assessment of taxes upon the land. The facts, as shown by the pleadings and the special finding of facts, are, in substance, as follows:

On the 24th day of May, 1860, appellee was the owner in fee simple of eighteen acres of land in one body adjoining the coi’porate limits of the city of Indianapolis. On that day, she and her husband, Samuel J. Patterson, executed and acknowledged, in…