Claybrooke v. Barnes

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). • It is first sought to uphold the decree on the ground that appellee, Laura Barnes, paid taxes on the land for seven years under color of title, and acquired title by such payment of taxes under § 6943 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, as construed by the repeated decisions of this court. The record shows that the lands were wild and unimproved, but we do not think that the facts in the record sustain the contention of Mrs. Laura Barnes. It is true that in one place she testified that she had paid .the taxes from the year 1911 up to the time she was testifying,…