Martin v. Snowden
Supreme Court of Virginia
These three oases were heard together in this court. The questions involved in them .are the same. The cases of Martin v. Snowden and Bennett v. Hunter are cases of unlawful detainer, brought by Snowden, as trustee of Mrs. Bliza T. Howie, against Martin, and by Hunter against Bennett, and the case of Portner & Recker v. Cazenove, is an action of ejectment brought by Cazenove against the appellants; all of them in the Circuit Court of the county .of Alexandria.
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These three oases were heard together in this court. The questions involved in them .are the same. The cases of Martin v. Snowden and Bennett v. Hunter are cases of unlawful detainer, brought by Snowden, as trustee of Mrs. Bliza T. Howie, against Martin, and by Hunter against Bennett, and the case of Portner & Recker v. Cazenove, is an action of ejectment brought by Cazenove against the appellants; all of them in the Circuit Court of the county .of Alexandria. AH the defendants claimed under tax sales made by commissioners of the United States government, for taxes due upon the property sold,…
1Opinion of the CourtRives, J.
The appellants in these cases are asserting tax titles as against the original owners of the lands and lots, forfeited and sold for the non-payment of taxes. The principles involved are, for the most part, common to all, and therefore they may now be considered, as they were argued, together.
It is conceded to be necessary, to uphold these titles, that all the ‘provisions of the acts of Congress under which they have arisen should be strictly complied with. They have been created by these enactments, and can have no *existence or validity save under and by their authorit3r. It is proper,…
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