Brunn v. Murphy

Citations

• 29 Cal. 326

Syllabus

<p>Case Affirmed.—O’ Grady v. Barnhisel, 23 Cal. 287, affirmed.</p> <p>Assessment for Taxes.'—An assessment of land for taxes to “Murphy and Dooley, and to all owners and claimants known or unknown, and to all owners and claimants of any interest, present or future, therein, or any lien upon the same/'' is good under the Revenue Act of 1854, as amended by the Acts of 1857 and 1859.</p> <p>Description of Land sold in Tax Deed.—If the description of the land assessed is definite and accurate in the assessment, and is inserted in the tax deed, and the purchaser at the sale buys a portion of it for the taxes and costs, such description in the tax deed of the portion sold as will enable its boundaries to be determined by extrinsic evidence, applying the description in the deed to the land, is sufficient.</p>