Douglass v. Walker

This case originated in the District Court of Jackson County. It was ejectment brought by A. D. Walker and James H. Lowell against John C. Douglass and Hattie R. Douglass to recover an 80-acre tract of land and damages for its use and occupation.. The plaintiffs below relied on two tax deeds covering the same tract — the first being based on the taxesfor 1885, and the second on the taxes for 1886,1887 and 1888. The Court made conclusions of fact and of law, but the evidence is not preserved in the record. The conclusions of law were as follows :

“ 1. The tax deed issued upon the sale for the…