Kennedy v. Scott

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The only question involved in this case is whether the trial court erred in sustaining a tax deed that had been of record for more than five years against several objections made to it for matters apparent upon its face. The tract sold and conveyed is described in the deed as “the S E 4, section 25, township 23, range 8.” It is argued that this is an insufficient and unintelligible description because the letters “S E” followed by the figure “4” cannot be construed as equivalent to the words “southeast quarter.” There are decisions which seem…