Oliver v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. James Q. Smith. The appellee, Thomas Bobinson, brought his statutory real action against the appellant, Mary E. Oliver, to recover a tract of land belonging to her, which had been assessed to “owner unknown,” and purchased by the appellee Bobinson at a tax sale.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. James Q. Smith. The appellee, Thomas Bobinson, brought his statutory real action against the appellant, Mary E. Oliver, to recover a tract of land belonging to her, which had been assessed to “owner unknown,” and purchased by the appellee Bobinson at a tax sale. Two years having elapsed, and the property not having been redeemed, the probate judge made and delivered a deed of the lands to Bobinson, who thereupon brought suit. A part of the land sued for was described in the tax deed and in the complaint, as the northeast…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The present statutory real action was brought to recover lands which the appellee had purchased at tax-sale — the purchaser relying on a deed from the tax-collector to support his title. The tax-assessor of the county had failed to assess the taxes on these lands for the year 1871, and they were assessed by the collector in the month of January ox February, 1872, to “owner unknown.” The tract, 240 acres, was sold in July, 1872, and purchased by appellee, for the sum of $52.50, the amount of taxes, costs, and expenses attending such assessment and sale, for taxes of the year 1871. The…
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