Slater v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Slater filed a hill in that court to compel one Maxwell to release whatever apparent right he, Maxwell, might have acquired to a large tract of land (19,944 acres) in Virginia, under a sale of the same, made in October, 1845, by the sheriff’ of Eitchie County, for taxes amounting to $30.03, accrued for 1841-2-3-4, and the deeds executed upon such sale.
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Slater filed a hill in that court to compel one Maxwell to release whatever apparent right he, Maxwell, might have acquired to a large tract of land (19,944 acres) in Virginia, under a sale of the same, made in October, 1845, by the sheriff’ of Eitchie County, for taxes amounting to $30.03, accrued for 1841-2-3-4, and the deeds executed upon such sale. The grounds of relief set forth and relied on were— 1. That the sale had been made at a grossly inadequate price; the land having been worth $6000, and the sale having been made to the defendant for'$30.03. 2. That, although the land was…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice FIELD,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:
The relief sought by the bill in this case is put upon three grounds:
1st. That the sale was made at a grossly inadequate price;
2d. That the entire tract was sold in one body; and—
3d. That competition at the sale was prevented by the fraudulent declaration of the defendant, made to effect that purpose, that the complainant would redeem the land from the purchasers.
The inadequacy of the price given at the sale of land for unpaid taxes thereon, does not constitute a valid objection to the sale. ■ The taxes…
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