Burks v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Taxation. Statutes. Constitutional law, Officers. Before Judge Bower. Dougherty superior court. April term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
On April 21, 1884, Burks petitioned the judge of the superior court for an order to the sheriff to put him in possession of certain real estate, and to remove Morgan therefrom, alleging that on March 5, 1879, Forrester, tax-collector and ex officio sheriff of Dougherty county, levied on the property under a tax execution issued by him against Morgan for his State and county tax for 1878, advertised the same according to law, and sold it on the first Tuesday in April, 1879, to Burks, and on the 4th day of the same month executed to Burks a deed thereto under said sale, as…
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