Washington v. McLawhorn

The plaintiffs allege that on 30 November 1929, Wayne County instituted a suit against all the heirs at law of Georgina Sasser Washington, who died on 21 August 1918, and the guardian of her husband, for past-due taxes on the land described in the complaint, and as a result of the action E. A. Humphrey, Commissioner, on 15 February 1933, conveyed the said lot of land to Wayne County by deed registered in Book 223, p. 46, in the Register of Deeds’ office of the county. The plaintiffs further alleged that the County of Wayne, though it had a deed for tbe land, never claimed the ownership…