Kit Carson Land Co. v. Gordon

Mr. Justice Hili delivered the opinion of the court: . The appellee, as plaintiff, brought this action to quiet his title to certain land in Kit Carson county. He deraigned title from the United States. The defendant to sustain its title, offered in evidence a tax deed; the court, upon objection, refused to admit the deed in evidence. Judgment (upon complying with certain conditions) was for the plaintiff. The sole question for determination is whether this tax deed is void on its face. It fails to state upon what date the land in question was sold to the county, although it discloses that it was bid in by the treasurer for the county at the tax sale for the year 1900. If any date therein named can be applied as the date of the sale, it is one which would show it was sold thirty-three days before the date that the deed states the tax sale was actually begun. Accepting either horn of the dilemma, following the line of reasoning announced in the cases hereafter437 cited, the deed is void upon its face.—Empire Ranch & Cattle Co. v. Coldren, 51 Colo. 115, 117 Pac. 1005; Bryant v. Miller, 48 Colo. 192; Clark v. Huff, 49 Colo. 197; Page et al. v. Gillett, 47 Colo. 289; Newsom v. Jacobs, 51 Colo. 579, 119 Pac. 623; Haynes v. Heller, 12 Kans. 381. The trial- court was correct in sustaining the objection, The judgment is affirmed. Affirmed. Decision en banc. Chief Justice CampbERR not participating.