Lewis v. Bartleson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““That it shall be lawful for any person having or claiming title to any land, whether in his possession, or whether it is vacant or unoccupied, or in the possession of any other person, to commence and maintain at any time an action against any person who claims any title or interest in said land, or lien upon the same adversely to him by or through any tax certificate or tax deed, heretofore or hereafter made, to test the validity of the tax sale and tax judgment under which the same was made to quiet his title to said land,” etc.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Owen v. Ruthruff