Lewis Academy v. Wilkinson

Citations

• 79 Kan. 557
• 100 P. 510

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Taxation—Invalid Tax Deed—Lien for Taxes. Where the holder of a tax deed brings ejectment and is defeated he is entitled to a lien for the amount of taxes he has paid, notwithstanding his deed is based upon an assessment made separately of each of three contiguous lots comprising the property, when it should have been made upon the entire tract as a single description, owing to the fact tjiat the three lots were owned by one person, devoted to a common use and occupied by improvements practically incapable of division along lot-lines.</p>