Jett v. Hart

1. Material portions of certified copies of tax returns of the defendant in ejectment, as to the number of acres of land given in by him, and the value thereof for certain years, were allowed in evidence over objection that the copies were certified to by the tax-receiver, and not by the tax-collector; that the original returns were of file in the office of the collector, and not in the office of the receiver; and that the original returns themselves, and not certified copies of the returns, would be admissible. It was not error, as against these objections, to allow the certified copies of…