Weimer v. Porter

The plaintiffs in error sued in ejectment on certain tax titles, and the case being tried by the circuit judge without a jury, he ruled that they were not valid.

The plaintiffs in error then offered evidence to show that they had paid certain taxes assessed against the land subsequent to their tax-titles, and claimed the right to recover therefor on the trial of the ejectment, under Comp. B., § 1131.1 The evidence so offered consisted *570wholly ¡of tax receipts, and on objection the judge refused to receive it. The ruling was correct. Apart from other objections the treasurer’s receipts to the…