Taylor v. Woodbury

Citations

• 86 Kan. 650
• 121 P. 1119
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 360

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Tax Deed — Five Years Old — Statute of Limitations. When suit to quiet title against a tax deed is commenced less than five years after the deed is recorded but the tax-title holder and parties who claim under the deed are not made defendants until the deed is more than five years old, it will be entitled to the protection afforded by the five-year statute of limitation.</p> <p>2. - Several Tracts — Void as to Part — Valid as to Others. A tax deed five years old which purports to be for several . tracts of land, and which is void as a conveyance of title to ' one of the tracts by reason of lack of description, is not for that reason void as to other tracts attempted to be conveyed and which are properly described.</p> <p>S. -- Same. The recitals in a tax deed five years old examined, and held to show a separate sale ol each tract and the amount for which each was sold and conveyed.</p>