Cason v. United Realty & Auction Co.

Headnotes one to four, inclusive, do not require elaboration.

“Where real estate has been sold under any State, city, county, or school tax fi. fa., the same may be redeemed at any time* within twelve months after the sale, by the defendant in tax fi. fa.," etc. Civil Code (1910), §1169. The power to sell property for unpaid taxes is derived from the statutes. If there is failure in respect to any of the requirements, it is fatal and the sale is invalid. “It is therefore accepted as an axiom, when tax sales are under consideration, that a fundamental condition of their validity is that there…