Crosby v. Bannowsky

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The honorable Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth - Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and question:

“In a suit by the State for taxes upon a certain 320-acre survey, against J. T. Crosby, judgment was on November 10, 1897, rendered against him on service by publication, his residence being unknown, for $5.40 taxes with interest and costs, amounting, in all to $25.70. Crosby did not appear and no attorney was appointed by the court to defend the suit, nor was any statement of the evidence filed in the papers of the cause, as…