Van Brocklin v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The amended bill in this case was filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County in the State of Tennessee, by the State and its proper officers and municipalities, against Van Brocklin, Stacy and others, to enforce'by sale a lien for State,.county and city taxes, assessed for the years from 1864 to 1877 inclusive on lot 21 in block 6, and for the years from 1864 to 1878 inclusive on lots 13 and 14 in block 13, in Fort…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The amended bill in this case was filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County in the State of Tennessee, by the State and its proper officers and municipalities, against Van Brocklin, Stacy and others, to enforce'by sale a lien for State,.county and city taxes, assessed for the years from 1864 to 1877 inclusive on lot 21 in block 6, and for the years from 1864 to 1878 inclusive on lots 13 and 14 in block 13, in Fort Pickering, a suburb of the city of Memphis. Van Brocklin and Stacy answered that at the times of the assessments of these…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Geay
The question presented by this writ of error is whether lands in the State of Tennessee, which, pursuant to acts of Congress for the laying and collecting of direct taxes, are sold, struck off and purchased by the United States for the amount of the tax thereon, and' are afterwards sold by the United States for a larger sum, or redeemed by the former owner, are liable to be taxed, under authority of the State, while so owned by the United States.
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Tennessee rests upon the position that these lands, although lawfully purchased by the United States, and owned…
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