Legal Opinion
Charleston Heights Co. v. City of Charleston
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 15, 1926No. 12124PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
This is an action to set aside a sale for taxes, of certain property belonging to the plaintiff, by the City Council of Charleston, in December, 1924. The ground of the relief sought is that, at the time of the sale, the City Council had no lien upon the property for city taxes; that it never had any lien, but, if any ever existed, its duration had then expired.
The case was tried by his Honor, Judge Shipp, upon an agreed statement of facts. He filed a decree, dated June 19, 1925, dismissing the complaint. From that decree the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Meriwether v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Heine v. Levee CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Bibbins v. W. W. Clark & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Dunham v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Bucknall v. StoryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
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3Cited by13 opinions
- King Hardware Co. v. EnnisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
- Gaud v. WalkerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1949
- Vallentine v. RobinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Adams v. RicksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. City of SpartanburgSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
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