Kington v. Ewart

Citations

• 85 Kan. 292
• 116 P. 495
• 1911 Kan. LEXIS 60

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Taxation — Rights of Minor to Redeem After Attaining Majority — Evidence. A party who was seeking to redeem land from á tax deed and had received a deed for the land when a child testified that his grantor, acting for him, accepted an offer of the subsequent grantee in the tax deed to pay the taxes for the use of the land. The defendant held by quitclaim from the grantee in the tax deed. The evidence was excluded because the former minor’s grantor was deceased. Held, that as neither party was executor, administrator, heir at law or next of kin to the deceased, the evidence was competent.</p> <p>2. - When Minor May Redeem. A minor may within one year after reaching majority redeem from a tax sale notwithstanding the five-year limitation found in section 9483 of the General Statutes of 1909 (Laws 1876, ch. 34, §.141).</p>