McCutchen v. Hinnant

Stukes, Chief Justice.

This is an action to recover the possession of an unimproved lot of land in the Town of Kingstree which was sold on March 5, 1951, under execution for delinquent county property taxes. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.

Delinquent taxes are collected in Williamsburg County by, quoting from the statute, “one discreet person to be known as tax collector.” Sections 65-2601 et seq. of the Code of 1952. (There were presently irrelevant amendments in 1955, 49 Stat. 168.) And the pertinent powers and duties of the sheriff under the general statutes are devolved upon…