Southern Banking & Trust Co. v. Wilcox Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trespass. Before Judge Roberts. Wilcox superior court. March 17, 1903. The plaintiff relied on a deed under a tax sale by virtue of a tax fi. fa. issued by the comptroller-general, for taxes for 1875, against the land in controversy, as wild land.
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Trespass. Before Judge Roberts. Wilcox superior court. March 17, 1903. The plaintiff relied on a deed under a tax sale by virtue of a tax fi. fa. issued by the comptroller-general, for taxes for 1875, against the land in controversy, as wild land. The defendant attacked the validity of the sale, on the ground that the land had been improved prior to 1875. Dowdy, one of the defendant’s grantors and warrantors testified that he made improvements on this lot about 1871,1872,1873,1874, and 1875. “I put a patch on it of about an acre and a half, and put a house on it. I do not recollect the year,…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
(after stating the foregoing facts). In trespass to try title, the validity of an essential link in plaintiff’s chain depended upon the question as to whether the comptroller-general, under the act of 1874 (Acts 1874, p. 105), had the right to sell the property as wild land. There wás evidence that there had been some improvements placed on the property prior to 1875. The plaintiff insisted that this work had been done by a mere trespasser, and that in legal effect the land remained wild, and could be sold as such by the comptroller. He excepts to the contrary ruling. Under the act the…
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