People Ex Rel. Brittain v. Outwater

Appellants were objectors in the county court of Hardin county to an application for judgment and order of sale of certain land for the taxes of 1933. Their objections were overruled and judgment of sale was entered. From this judgment the present appeal was taken.

The land in question, used for fluorspar mining, was assessed at the regular quadrennial period by the assessor in 1931 at a value of $59,000, representing a twenty per cent reduction from its former assessment. Appellants paid all taxes on this reduced valuation for the years 1931 and 1932, but on August 21, 1933, they filed a…