Christian v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Virginia
Original application for a writ of mandamus to compel the clerk of the County Court of Hanover county to receive the delinqent taxes on a tract of land with interest and costs thereon, after application had been filed to purchase the same under the provisions of sec. 666 of the Code, as amended by an act of the General Assembly approved February 11, 1898. The clerk refused to accept the amount tendered, because the owner did not also tender the $5 penalty, and costs of…
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Original application for a writ of mandamus to compel the clerk of the County Court of Hanover county to receive the delinqent taxes on a tract of land with interest and costs thereon, after application had been filed to purchase the same under the provisions of sec. 666 of the Code, as amended by an act of the General Assembly approved February 11, 1898. The clerk refused to accept the amount tendered, because the owner did not also tender the $5 penalty, and costs of serving notices, provided for by said act.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Two grounds are alleged in support of this application for a mandamus. The first is that the act of February 24, 1898, repealed so much of the act of February 11, 1898, as provided for the payment of the' costs of application, and the penalty of five dollars to the applicant; and the second is that the act of February 11, 1898, is unconstitutional and therefore void.
In February, 1898, the Legislature passed two acts, the first on the 11th day of that month amending and re-enacting section 666 of the Code, as amended by an act approved March 5, 1894, providing how lands purchased in the name…
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