Whiton v. Rock County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rock County. Whiton applied to the Board of Supervisors of Rock County to liave a certain certificate of sale of lands for delinquent taxes of 1853, alleged to have been purchased by him, cancelled as being illegal, and a county order granted him for the amount for which such tax sale was made, with interest.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rock County. Whiton applied to the Board of Supervisors of Rock County to liave a certain certificate of sale of lands for delinquent taxes of 1853, alleged to have been purchased by him, cancelled as being illegal, and a county order granted him for the amount for which such tax sale was made, with interest. The lands were described in the certificates as the undivided one-fourth of lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in lots 1 and 2 of section 36, town 3; range 12 — 3J acres.” The application was denied by the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
We are satisfied from the testimony in this case, that the tax certificate was purchased for the benefit of Walker. He owned a one quarter interest in the property, and was of course liable to pay his share of the taxes upon it. The only objection taken to the certificate is, that the description of the property was not sufficient. Concede that this was so; does it furnish any reason why he should recover back from the county the money which he voluntarily paid to redeem the certificate ? It is not claimed that he has paid any more taxes than he ought to pay, or that he…
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