Alexander Investment Group, Inc. v. Jarvis

Fletcher, Justice.

Alexander Investment Group, Inc. is a private corporation engaged in the business of purchasing tax executions and real property at tax sales. In April and May 1992, Alexander purchased from the DeKalb County Tax Commissioner ad valorem tax executions 1 representing taxes levied against three separate tracts of land. As transferee, Alexander placed these executions in the hands of the sheriff for collection. Pursuant to a levy of the executions upon the respective tracts, on August 4, 1992, the sheriff sold the properties at public auction to the highest bidder for sums in…