Low v. Lewis

Citations

• 46 Cal. 549

Syllabus

<p>Tax on Pbopeety of Municipal Coepobation.— The property of a municipal corporation is not liable to taxation for municipal purposes.</p> <p>Idem.—A municipal corporation cannot tax its own property.</p> <p>When Tax Deed is Void.—If a tax is illegal and void a sale under it is a nullity and a deed of property sold for such a tax conveys no title.</p> <p>Ejectment Against Stbangee to the Title.—A defendant in ejectment who is a stranger to the title, cannot object, in a case where the plaintiff derives his title from a municipal corporation, that the plaintiff has not proved otherwise than by the recitals in his deed, that he was one of the parties to whom the corporation was permitted by law to sell.</p> <p>Defense by Stbangee to Title in Ejectment. — If a municipal corporation is by law allowed to sell its realty to certain persons or their assigns, and conveys to an assignee, who brings ejectment against a stranger to the title, the defendant, on the trial, will not be allowed to question the fact that the plaintiff was such assignee.</p>