Board of County Commissioners v. Allen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment overruling a motion to confirm a sheriff’s sale of a tract of land under the statute authorizing the county to foreclose its liens on lands bid in by the county treasurer for nonpayment of taxes.

The controlling facts were these:

On and prior to October 15,1931, the tract of land in controversy, which was something less than 20 acres, was the property of the Weir Smelting Company. On that date bankruptcy proceedings were begun against that company, and this tract passed into the control of the trustee. In due…