Haven v. Owen

This is an action of ejectment. Plaintiff’s title is a tax deed for the taxes of 1890, 1891, and 1893. Defendants were allowed to attack by parol the decree for a sale of the lands for the taxes of 1890 and 1891 by showing that in the decree, when entered, was a blank under the heading “Amount Decreed against Lands,” which was, subsequent to the signing of the decree by the judge, filled out by an employé in the office of the county treasurer. If this was made to appear in the original proceeding, either by a petition to set aside the decree or by a bill of review, it would be a fatal defect.…