Citizens' Savings Bank v. General

The relator purchased certain premises on August 5, 1897, and took possession. They had been previously bid off to the State for the taxes of 1894. On December 9, 1897, McFarlan purchased the land from the auditor general, and on February 7, 1898, he received an *512auditor general’s deed for the taxes of 1894. At the time of McFarlan’s purchase, the taxes of 1895, 1896, and 1897 were unpaid, and a lien upon the land. Soon after September 22, 1898, McFarlan paid to the auditor general the unpaid taxes for 1895 and 1896, but did not pay the taxes of 1897.. On October 13, 1899, the relator applied…