Ham v. Booth

Citations

• 72 Kan. 429
• 83 P. 24
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 368

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. .Tax Deeds — Certificate of Sale — Recital of Assignee’s Residence. A tax deed is not void for failing to give the residence of the assignee of the certificate of sale, where such assignee is a foreign corporation and the recital states that it is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of a designated state.</p> <p>2. -Description of the Land Not Indefinite. In the beginning of the tax deed the tract of land was accurately described, and there was a recital that as it could not be sold for the taxes charged against it the county treasurer bid it off for the county. In subsequent recitals as to assignment of the certificate of sale and of the conveyance the first description was referred to in plain terms, without redescribing the land. Held, that- the deed is not void for failing to repeat the description, or for indefiniteness of description of the land conveyed.</p> <p>3. - Statutory Form — Substantial Compliance. A substantial compliance with the form prescribed by statute for the execution of tax deeds is sufficient.</p>