Olson v. Chapman

Plaintiffs instituted this action to recover a personal judgment for amounts, with interest at ten per cent, which they and their predecessor in interest had paid in taxes on defendants’ interest in certain real property owned by plaintiffs and defendants as tenants in common, and to have the same declared to be a first lien against defendants’ interest in the property.

The complaint alleged the payment of taxes upon the property for many years, and that the payments were made to protect the interest which plaintiffs had in the property. Defendants denied the allegations of the complaint and,…