Case ID: cal_50/html/0015-01.html
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Author: {"author": "\n      By the Court, Niles, J.:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

[No. 4161.]
    L. C. CHANDLER v. J. J. DUNN et al.
    Title Acquired by Tax Sale.—The title acquired by the later sale for taxes must prevail over that acquired by a sale for taxes of a prior year.
    Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento.
    Ejectment to recover lots six, seven and eight in the block bounded by R and S and Fourth and Fifth streets, city of Sacramento.
    The defendants recovered judgment, and the plaintiff appealed.
    The other facts are stated in the opinion.
    
      Hamilton & Dunlap, for the Appellant.
    
      Ed. M. Martin and McCune & Welty, for the Respondents.
   By the Court, Niles, J.:

The plaintiff’s title is derived through a sale for delinquent taxes for the fiscal year 1868-9—the defendant’s through a sale for taxes for the year 1865-6. The facts are substantially the same as in the case of Anderson v. Rider (46 Cal. 138), in which we held that “the title acquired under a tax sale for taxes of a subsequent year must prevail over a title founded on a sale for the taxes of a previous year.” (Dougherty v. Henarie, 47 Cal. 10.)

Judgment reversed. Bemittitur forthwith.