Hunt v. Curry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Ashley Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. T. E. Sorrells, Circuit Judge. Relied upon the fact, that the complaint does not state, nor the evidence prove any- informality on the part of the Sheriff to invalidate the sale, but that the plaintiff lost the land by failing to pay the whole of his bid, including the ■surplus. The suit was founded on section 178, of Eev. Acts of 1871, (see pamph.
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APPEAL from Ashley Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. T. E. Sorrells, Circuit Judge. Relied upon the fact, that the complaint does not state, nor the evidence prove any- informality on the part of the Sheriff to invalidate the sale, but that the plaintiff lost the land by failing to pay the whole of his bid, including the ■surplus. The suit was founded on section 178, of Eev. Acts of 1871, (see pamph. Acts, p. 184.) The complaint fails to show who was the proprietor of the lands, when sold in 1872 ; a subsequent purchaser would not be liable in this action. No informality on the part ©f the…
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
This suit was commenced on the Chan•cery side of the Circuit Court, of Ashley county, the ■eighteenth day of December, 1877, by Eobert S. Curry, against Susan R|. Hunt.
The bill was brought under the provisions of section 178, of the revenue act of March twenty-fifth, 1871 (Acts of 1871, p. 187), which was re-enacted as section 181 of the revenue act of twenty-eighth of Arpil, 1873 (Gantt’s Dig. sec. 5214), to enforce a lien on lands for taxes paid by complainant.
The bill alleges in substance, that at a tax sale, made by the collector of Ashley county, in May, 1872, complainant, purchased four…
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