Case Name: J. E. Wilks v. C. C. DeHart
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1908-05-09
Citations: 78 Kan. 217
Docket Number: No. 15,565
Parties: J. E. Wilks v. C. C. DeHart.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 217–218

Head Matter:
J. E. Wilks v. C. C. DeHart.
No. 15,565.
(95 Pac. 836.)
Tax Deeds — Assignment of County’s Interest — Consideration. A tax deed held void on its face because it showed that the interest of the county was assigned for less than the amount necessary to redeem.
Error from Clark district court; Gordon L. Finley,. judge.
Opinion filed May 9, 1908.
Affirmed.
L. M. Day, for plaintiff in error.
Francis C. Price, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The court rightly held the tax deed void on its face. The interest of the county was assigned for thirty-seven cents less than the amount necessary to redeem. The statute authorizes an assignment for the amount necessary to redeem, and limits the authority of the officers. They had no authority to assign for a less sum. (Noble v. Cain, 22 Kan. 493; Douglass v. Lowell, 60 Kan. 239, 56 Pac. 13; Manker v. Peck, 71 Kan. 865, 81 Pac. 171.)
There was no error in refusing to permit the county treasurer to explain that he made an error in computation. If such evidence were admissible for any pur pose, which is doubtful, it would only emphasize the fact that the assignment was made for a sum less than the law authorized.
The judgment is affirmed.