Platt v. City of Punta Gorda

The City of Punta Gorda filed its bill of complaint in chancery, against W. W. Whitehurst and others for the foreclosure of certain tax liens on lands in Charlotte County, Florida. In due course, a final decree was rendered in favor of complainant and a special master appointed to sell the lands upon which taxes were decreed to be a lien and to make report of his acts and doings to the court. Such special master reported sale of the lands liable for taxes to Richard Boardman, the purchaser thereof. Appellants W. W. Whitehurst and William Cliett filed a petition praying that the sale be not…