Smith v. Hanna Manufacturing Co.

F. R. Smith brought suit in Clarke superior court alleging in his petition as amended that he was then, and -had been for twenty-five years, the owner of a tract of land of 706.67 acres in Oglethorpe County; that the sheriff had levied on said tract seven tax executions for seven years back taxes for the State, the county (Oglethorpe) and school taxes, for 1925 to 1931 inclusive, and had sold the same under one levy for $1194.82. The plaintiff contended that the levy, sale, and deed were void because: “ (a) The tax fi. fa. for the year 1925, was not signed by the tax collector, and was…