Young v. Bigger’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. ““The taxes paid by the defendants upon the part of the property owned by Allen gave them a lien upon it, as against him. 17 A. & E. Enc. 686. Big-gar, when he bought from Allen, received only a quitclaim deed. He therefore stood in the shoes of the grantor. lie acquired no higher right than Allen had had, and took the property charged with this lien. There is no showing that, when these taxes accrued or were paid, the defendants had ousted their cotenants, or were in the receipt of any income from the property. We therefore think the court erred in not allowing the defendants credit for the taxes they had paid in excess of their due proportion.””

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