Allen v. Woodson

Opinion by

West, J.

The main question, in the caséis, did the proof authorize the finding of the. jury, that the appellee, Woodson, had paid the taxes on the land claimed by him, in this suit, for the year 1874 ?

This court has, on more than one occasion, in passing upon .the question of the payment of taxes, as presented under the statute of limitation of five years, held, that this fact is one necessary to be proved, in order to sustain the plea, but the decisions are that it can *679be proved like any other fact by direct, or legitimate circumstantial evidence.

The law,it is said, prescribes no…