Doe ex rel. Hill v. Leonard

Citations

• 5 Scam. 140

Syllabus

<p>Error to Adams.</p> <p>i. Tax — deed as evidence. To render the auditor’s deed of land sold for taxes, under the law in force in 1827, evidence of title, it is incumbent on the party offering it, to show the authority of the auditor to make it, by showing the land liable to sale, and the performance by him of all the preliminary acts required by law. Such a deed confers no title unless made in conformity to all the requirements of the law; and the proof of the compliance with the pre-requisites to a sale devolved upon the party offering the deed in evidence, (a) </p>