Gordon v. Joyner
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Newport News- in an action of covenant. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The only question to be determined on this writ of error is whether a deed made to a purchaser at a delinquent land *348tax sale before he has given the notice required by section 655 of Va. Code, 1904, is void, or whether the failure to give such notice is an irregularity which is cured by section 661 of the same Code.
Section 655 provides, that after two years have expired from the date of a tax sale such purchaser may obtain a 'deed from the proper clerk, but declares that “in no case shall a deed be made to any such purchaser of any such real estate until after such purchaser has given” to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reusens v. LawsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Sulphur Mines Co. v. Thompson's HeirsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Virginia Building & Loan Co. v. GlennSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Virginia Coal Co. v. ThomasSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Bowe v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Pruitt v. Van FergusonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Attkisson v. MooreSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Zimmerman Co. v. DeyCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- United Construction & Development Corp. v. Pontiac Apartment Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1932