Finn v. Jones

This is an action of ejectment involving the question whether a certain tax deed more than, five years old is void on its face. The objection to the deed is that it fails to state the amount of the delinquent taxes or the amount for which the land was sold. It recites that in September, 1897, it was bid.in for the-county, and that on February 1, 1902, an assignment, was made to G. L. Finn for $9.2.6, being a sum equal to the cost of redemption at that time. It then recites that the subsequent taxes of the year 1897, amounting-to $7.87, and of the year 1898, amounting to $7.70, and of the year…