John Archibald Campbell

“ It declares, 'that no sale of real property, for taxes hereafter made, shall be impaired or [made] void, by reason of such property not being assessed or advertised in the name or names of the lawful owner or owners thereof, provided the same shall be advertised as above directed.' We have seen that the corporation was directed to advertise the name of the person to whom the lot appeared to be assessed on the books of the corporation. ”

“ The circuit court gave the following instruction to the jury: -
'If, from the whole evidence aforesaid, the jury shall find that the said lots in the said declaration mentioned were, up to the year 1844, assessed on the tax books, at the city of Washington, in the name of James Thomas; that the said James Thomas, to whom they were so assessed, in his lifetime held and claimed the same as his own ”