Briggs v. Boardman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"It is immaterial whether the contract between Griffin and the respondents be called a contract relating to the sale of lands, or one relating to the payment of a tax lien. The offer was in writing, the acceptance was in writing, and the agreed price tendered in time. The transaction was valid and its effect was to avoid the tax deed. The title was then in Mr. Griffin and the petitioner took no greater interest in the property by the conveyance than Mr. Griffin had, and he had no interest.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Backus v. Cowley