Clarke v. Rowan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. John Elliott. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
This was an action by the appellees against the appellant for the recovery of a tract of land, situated in the county of Mobile. The title of the appellees is founded on a sale of the premises in controversy made by the tax collector in 1863, for the payment of taxes assessed in 1861. The validity of this title depends on the statutes, Code of *4011852, part 1, title 7, chapter 3, article 12, which required, amongst other things, that if goods or chattels of the person to whom taxes were assessed could not be found in the county in which they were assessed, to pay the taxes due, with the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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