Sun | 1915-12-10 | Page 7 | Old County Tax Deeds Are Void According to a Supreme Court

OLD COUNT! TAX DEEDS ARE VOID ' ACCORDING TO A SUPREME COURT Drafts of the proposed new county tax deeds have been prepared pre-pared by Lincoln G. Kelly, state auditor, to replace the old deeds, which, according to a recent decision of the supreme court, are void. State Auditor Kelly expects to have the new deeds ready tills WGClc The old county tax deeds, or the deeds transferring to the county property bought for delinquent taxes, were recently held void by the supreme court of the state, in upholding the decision of the lower court in tho case of E. A. Wall against M. M. Kaighn, in tho matter of mining property taken over by the county for taxes. The court held that the deeds imply that tho county is a competitive com-petitive buyer. The law prohibits the purchase of property by the county for taxes unless there ia no other bidder.