Treece v. American Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This is an action of ejectment. There was a jury, and verdict for the plaintiff, and judgment thereon. The defendant below has sued out this writ, and has assigned error upon the charge of the court and upon certain rulings upon questions of evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge,
1. The plaintiff deraigned title from a grant to one S. C. Davis. The defendant claimed title under a tax sale and deed purporting to convey the title of said Davis to one J. N. Treece, the ancestor of the defendant A. N. Treece, and by descent from said J. N. Treece. The land in question was assessed for the state and county taxes of 1872. The revenue collector reported the taxes as due and unpaid to the May term, 1873, of the circuit court for the county of Claiborne, and at that term there was a judgment of condemnation, and an order of sale issued to the said,…
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