Townsend v. Mallory

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PORTER, J.:

The plaintiff brought ejectment to recover land then in the defendant’s possession, relying upon title through a sheriff’s deed in a foreclosure action. The defendant’s title is based upon a tax deed less than five years old, which the trial court vacated and set aside on the ground that it is void because of the indefinite and defective description of the real estate in the deed and in the tax proceedings.

One question presented by the appeal is whether the ruling of the court is correct, and another is whether the defect in the description…