JOHNSTON v. MOHRABACKER

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JOHNSTON v. MOHRABACKER
1926 OK 560
247 P. 389
118 Okla. 244
Case Number: 16639
Decided: 06/15/1926
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

JOHNSTON
v.
MOHRABACKER et al.

Syllabus

ΒΆ0 1. Taxation--Liability as Between Grantor and Grantee. Ad valorem tax assessed against real estate becomes a lien thereon as between grantor and grantee, after the 15th day of October. The owner of the real estate, who conveys the same thereafter, is liable for the taxes, unless there be an agreement the grantee to the contrary.
2. Same--Liability Grantor After Oct. 15th. Record examined; held, to be insufficient to support judgment in favor of the defendant in error.

Abernathy & Howell, for plaintiff in error.
Goode & Dierker, for defendants in error.

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