28 Kan. 532 | Kan. | 1882
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, to recover certain real estate situate in Bourbon county. The plaintiff bases his right of recovery upon a tax title. Defendant has been in possession of the premises for twenty-five years. Plaintiff to sustain his cause of action offered in evidence a tax deed to his grantor, one E. L. Goddard, dated July 26, 18-75, and recorded August 16, 1875; also a subsequent tax deed, dated September 4,1877, and recorded August 26, 1880, alleged to have been issued to cure certain supposed defects in the first tax deed. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the evidence. This ruling is complained of, but the complaint is not tenable. The statute of limitation applicable to tax deeds where the holder thereof is out of possession, prevents any recovery.
The second tax deed does not count in this controversy, as the tax deed of July 26, 1875, does not substantially depart from the statutory form. It is urged by counsel that the first tax deed was irregular and imperfect, for the reasons that it contained no recital that the specific land deeded had not been redeemed, or set forth upon what specific land the three years’ subsequent taxes had been paid. Upon this matter we differ
The judgment of the district court must be affirmed.