Harrison v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree pronounced by tbe Chancery Court of the city of Richmond in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellee was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This case involves the construction of an Act of the General Assembly, approved April 2, 1902, (amending and re-enacting sec. 655 of the Code of Virginia), requiring the purchaser of real estate at a tax sale to give four months’ notice of his purchase to the persons enumerated in the statute, before he shaJl be entitled to a deed.
Appellant, who was the former owner of two lots located in the city of Richmond, which were sold for taxes March 19, 1900, filed a bill in the Chancery Court of that city against appellee, the purchaser, to set aside the deeds to the property, executed April 7,…
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