Cook v. Turner, Langdale & Bennett

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

1. Section 1070 of the Civil Code of 1910 provides that “Any wild lands not given in for taxes in the county in which they may be shall be subject to double tax, as other property; and it shall be the duty of the tax-collector, when taxes are not paid in the time provided by law, to issue executions against said wild land, and after due advertisement, as now prescribed by law, to sell said lands for payment of taxes.” Can a tax-collector under this section issue an execution for taxes due upon unreturned wild lands, in the absence of an assessment thereof…