Bendexen v. Fenton

This was an action in ejectment. Plaintiff in error, who was defendant below, bases his title on a treasurer’s tax *185deed, dated February 6, 1878, for the taxes of 1874. On the trial he offered his deed in evidence, to which objection was made, principally for the reason that it was not under the seal of the county treasurer. The objection was sustained, the deed excluded, and plaintiff in error assigns this ruling of the district court for error.

Iu deciding as it did the district court followed the-cases of Sullivan v. Merriam, 16 Neb., 157. Shelley v. Towle, Id., 194, and Baldwin v. Merriam,…