Delaney v. Goddin
Supreme Court of Virginia
At the March term 1853 of the County court of Henrico, Isaac A. Goddin moved the court to record the report of the surveyor of the county in relation to a lot of land sold by the sheriff; for the nonpayment of the tax upon it. The lot was sold as the property of Matthew Delaney; and he appeared and opx)osed the motion. The court overruled the motion, and gave Delaney a judgment against Goddin for his costs.
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At the March term 1853 of the County court of Henrico, Isaac A. Goddin moved the court to record the report of the surveyor of the county in relation to a lot of land sold by the sheriff; for the nonpayment of the tax upon it. The lot was sold as the property of Matthew Delaney; and he appeared and opx)osed the motion. The court overruled the motion, and gave Delaney a judgment against Goddin for his costs. And thereupon Goddin excepted. *On the hearing of the motion God-din showed by the list of delinquents on the land tax in the county of Henrico for the year 1847, that lot No. 8 in E. E.…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniee, J.
This case turns on the proper construction of the 15th section of the 37th chapter of the Code, prescribing the mode in which lands, returned delinquent for taxes, are sold therefor, or vested in the commonwealth. Preceding sections of the chapter having declared when, where and how land is to be sold for taxes, and provided for a payment of the purchase money and a receipt therefor, and for the return of a list of sales to the court of the county or corporation whose officer may have made the sales; and ^having also pointed out the time and *576mode for the redemption of any land so sold, the…
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