State v. Gibson

This is a suit under the back-tax law of 1877, to enforce the state’s lien for taxes against the land described in the petition, for the years 1868, 1869, and 1870. The petition is in the usual form employed by the collector of the city of St. Louis in such suits. The question which arises upon the record is presented by a demurrer to the answer. The answer is as follows: “The defendants, in answer to the petition, state that Charles Gibson became the owner in *2fee of the property named in the petition, in November,. 1861, was then put in possession, and has ever since remained in the…