Craven County v. . Parker

It is made tbe duty • of tbe board of commissioners or other governing body of a county to foreclose certificates held by tbe county for the sale of real estate for taxes. Q. S., 8037. For this purpose the plaintiff brought suit against the defendant Parker, owner and mortgagor of the land, and the defendant, Rasberry, who is mortgagee. The only answer filed is that of Rasberry. He attacks the judgment on the ground that the sheriff failed to serve on the delinquent taxpayer a copy of the advertisement of sale as provided by C. S., 8013, and cites Matthews v. Fry, 141 N. C., 582, as authority…