Draughon v. Shultz

Section 992 C. G. L., 775 R. G. S., as amended by Section 10 of Chapter 14572, Acts 1929, provides in substance that any person may purchase a state tax certificate by paying to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county wherein the land is situated the amount of such certificate and interest thereon, from the date of the certificate at the statutory rate, and the fee of the Clerk prescribed therefor.

In purported conformity to the Statute, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lee County, in January, 1935, sold to appellant’s assignor, a state tax certificate that had been issued for unpaid…