Sapp v. Morrill
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Brown District Oowrt. Action brought by Morrill to quiet his title to certain lands upon which he resided, of which he had peaceable possession, and to which he claimed the legal title.
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Error from Brown District Oowrt. Action brought by Morrill to quiet his title to certain lands upon which he resided, of which he had peaceable possession, and to which he claimed the legal title. Sapp answered, claiming the paramount title in himself, alleging that the lands were duly assessed and faxed in 1861, and the taxes being unpaid the lands were sold in May 1862 at tax sale, the county of Brown being the purchaser; that on the 1st of June 3866 the county assigned the tax certificate to A. Webb & Co., to whom a tax deed was issued July 14th; that A. W. & Co. sold and conveyed the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yalentine, J.:
l. Assignment of Tax Certificates. *6802. statutes eonstruocl. Tjvs laws of 1864. *679This was an action to quiet title to real property under section 594 of the civil code. The only question raised in the case are questions concerning the validity of two certain tax titles. As both tax titles are precisely alike, except that they are for different pieces of land, we shall hereafter speak of them only as one. The tax deed shows upon its face as follows: The land was taxed for the year 1861 and sold for the taxes May 8th 1862 to the county of…
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