Fitch v. Douglass

Citations

• 76 Kan. 60
• 90 P. 769
• 1907 Kan. LEXIS 218

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Taxation — Tax Deed Acquired by a tenant — Occupying Claimant — Compensation for Improvements. A tenant who is under no obligation to pay taxes on the leased property, and who acquires a tax deed thereto good upon its face, is entitled to the benefit of the occupying claimant’s act; and although in fact the tax deed was irregularly issued and is invalid as a conveyance of title he cannot be dispossessed by his landlord without being compensated for lasting and valuable improvements which he made before action was. brought against him.</p>