A Practical Treatise on the Power to Sell Land for the Non-payment of Taxes, Embracing the Decisions of the Federal Courts, and of the Supreme Judicial Tribunals of the Several States |
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... tracts of land being sold to pay the taxes due upon them , small portions only will suffice . " It may be proper to remark , in this connection , that the Illinois opinions above quoted , were upon the construction of a statute ...
... tracts of land being sold to pay the taxes due upon them , small portions only will suffice . " It may be proper to remark , in this connection , that the Illinois opinions above quoted , were upon the construction of a statute ...
Page 80
... tract of land worth two thousand dollars . It is sold at a tax sale , and B becomes the purchaser for five dollars ; he procures his deed , and brings his action of ejectment against A. The defendant relies upon one of three defences ...
... tract of land worth two thousand dollars . It is sold at a tax sale , and B becomes the purchaser for five dollars ; he procures his deed , and brings his action of ejectment against A. The defendant relies upon one of three defences ...
Page 108
... tracts , the collector had no list , and therefore no copy could be pro- · duced . But the court replied : " The signification thus given to the term list of ... tract taxed as non - resident , 108 OF THE LISTING AND VALUATION OF THE LAND .
... tracts , the collector had no list , and therefore no copy could be pro- · duced . But the court replied : " The signification thus given to the term list of ... tract taxed as non - resident , 108 OF THE LISTING AND VALUATION OF THE LAND .
Page 109
... tract of land , upon a list em- bracing all of the taxable lands in a county or other district , renders it extremely unsafe for either party to resort to this species of evidence . Besides , in most every State , duplicates of the list ...
... tract of land , upon a list em- bracing all of the taxable lands in a county or other district , renders it extremely unsafe for either party to resort to this species of evidence . Besides , in most every State , duplicates of the list ...
Page 114
... v . Savage , 20 Maine , 199 . Townsen v . Wilson , 9 Barr ( Penn . ) , 270 . 5 Thurston v . Martin , 2 Sumner , 497 . 1820 , section 9 . to leave parts of said tracts in two or more 114 OF THE LISTING AND VALUATION OF THE LAND .
... v . Savage , 20 Maine , 199 . Townsen v . Wilson , 9 Barr ( Penn . ) , 270 . 5 Thurston v . Martin , 2 Sumner , 497 . 1820 , section 9 . to leave parts of said tracts in two or more 114 OF THE LISTING AND VALUATION OF THE LAND .
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11 Illinois acres adverse possession advertisement Alabama applied assessment assessor authority Blackford certificate circuit court citizen clerk collector common law complied Connecticut Constitution construction construed convey conveyance court held court of equity Curtenius declared defendant delinquent duty equity evidence execution exercise facie fact femes covert former owner Gilman Hampshire heirs held void intended interest Johnson Judge judgment jury justice law requires legislature levy Massachusetts ment notice officer Ohio onus probandi party pay the tax payment person Pickering plaintiff possession prescribed principle proceedings proprietor purchaser question recited record redeem redemption rule sale was held Scammon sell sheriff sheriff's deed Smedes sold for taxes South Carolina Stead's Executors strict Supreme Court tax deed tax sale tax title taxation taxes due thereof tion town tract of land validity valuation Vermont vested Watts & Sergeant Wheaton
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Page 23 - That they were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Page 197 - Thousand dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto the said party of the second part...
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