Douglass v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 75 Kan. 6
• 88 P. 557
• 1907 Kan. LEXIS 2

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Taxation — Collection of Delinquent Taxes — Commissioners Not Limited to One Proceeding. Chapter 392 of the Laws of 1901 does not necessarily limit the proceedings to have liens adjudged for delinquent taxes and to obtain decrees for the sale of the real estate involved to one action in any county for delinquencies occurring the requisite length of time before the board of county commissioners makes the order provided for therein.</p> <p>2. -■ Court May Consolidate Actions. After the board of county commissioners has made the order directing the county attorney to institute proceedings for such a purpose against all persons owning real estate so delinquent the county attorney may proceed to comply with such order in one or more actions, subject to the power of the trial court to consolidate such actions as may seem proper and to apportion costs unnecessarily made.</p> <p>3. -Description of the Land. In such action any irregularity or informality in the description upon the tax-rolls of the lands taxed or upon the record of tax sales of the land sold will not invalidate the tax lien, provided the description is true, and no other property in the county answers the description, and the property may easily be found by any one acquainted with the description and the facts which exist and which may be easily ascertained on inquiry.</p> <p>3. Constitutional Law — Title of an Act. Chapter 392 of the . Laws of 1901 is not unconstitutional by reason of defective title.</p>