Laws v. Ranger Realty Co.

This was a suit brought by the Ranger Realty Company to foreclose a tax sale certificate issued by the City of New Smyrna to a corporation, The Covington Trust & Banking Company, as purchaser, whose name was given in the certificate as Covington Bank & Trust Company. The Covington Trust & Banking Company had assigned the certificate to Ranger Realty Company.

The court below held that where a tax certificate was purchased by a corporation, the misnomer of the corporation in the certificate was not a fatal defect, in view of Section 6047 C. G. L., 4116 R. G. S. That ruling must be affirmed on…