McAllaster v. Polenqueen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J. :

While there are six allegations of error set up in the brief of the defendants in error on cross-petition, it was admitted in the oral argument that the only real question involved is the one previously *141considered by us in Barker v. Mecartney, ante, p. 180, 62 Pac. 439: “Is tbe holder of a tax deed entitled to recover all the taxes paid by him, whether the same were legally levied or not, or can he recover only such part of the taxes paid by him as were legally levied upon the land, with interest and costs ?” This case is an extreme one, as…