Dyer v. Br. Bank at Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Before the Hon. T. A. Walker. Tbespass to try title to a house and lot in Tuscaloosa, by the plaintiff in error. From a bill of exceptions, it appears that the plaintiff, to show title in himself, read a deed from the Mayor of the city of Tuscaloosa, conveying to him the premises in controversy, upon a sale for taxes, and proved the assessment of the tax, and sale according to law, the plaintiff being the highest bidder.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Before the Hon. T. A. Walker. Tbespass to try title to a house and lot in Tuscaloosa, by the plaintiff in error. From a bill of exceptions, it appears that the plaintiff, to show title in himself, read a deed from the Mayor of the city of Tuscaloosa, conveying to him the premises in controversy, upon a sale for taxes, and proved the assessment of the tax, and sale according to law, the plaintiff being the highest bidder. The deed bears date the 25th November, 1845. The defendant then read a deed executed to it on the 30th September, 184-2, by E. T.…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
An act of the legislature passed in January, 1845, “To exempt the real and personal estate of the State Bank and Branches from taxation,” enacts, that from and after its passage, the real and personal estate belonging to the State Bank, or any of its Branches, shall be exempt from taxation, for either state, county, corporation, or other purposes. The terms of this statute are exceedingly comprehensive, and exempt from taxation not,only the real estate on which the banking houses are situated, but all the real and personal estate of the institutions designated, wherever it may be in the…
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