Wilson v. Wood

Opinion of the court by

Burford, C. JT.:

This was a suit in equity to cancel a tax deed. The plaintiff in the court below was the holder of a mortgage upon the real estate described in the tax deed. Alfred P. Bond was the owner of the land, and Jane Wilson the holder of the tax deed. The land was sold for taxes, and a certificate of sale issued to W. J. Patterson, and it was alleged in the petition that the tax certificate had never been properly assigned to Jane Wilson, but that a pretended assignment had been made by one John Holzapfel, as agent, who had no authority to make said assignment,…