Jones v. Randle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal- from Macon Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. N. S. Geaham. On December 1st,. 1868, E. Troupe Randle, as the administrator de bonis non of the estate of James P. Carter, deceased, under and in pursuance of a- decree of the Probate Court of Macon county, sold certain lands belonging, to said estate to James Ray and William Thompson, who, in accordance with tbe terms of sale, paid one half of tbe purchase money in cash, and gave their note for the balance, and were let…
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Appeal- from Macon Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. N. S. Geaham. On December 1st,. 1868, E. Troupe Randle, as the administrator de bonis non of the estate of James P. Carter, deceased, under and in pursuance of a- decree of the Probate Court of Macon county, sold certain lands belonging, to said estate to James Ray and William Thompson, who, in accordance with tbe terms of sale, paid one half of tbe purchase money in cash, and gave their note for the balance, and were let into the possession of the lands under their purchase. The sale was reported to the court, and by it confirmed. The bill…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
In the revenue law of 1868, section 92—Pamph. Acts, 327, Code of 1876, § 464 — it is provided, “that no action for the recovery of real property sold for the nonpayment of taxes,shall lie, unless the same be brought within five years after the date of the sale thereof for taxes as aforesaid, (anything in the statute- of limitations to the contrary notwithstanding)-,”' with a proviso in favor of minors and insane persons, who are allowed one year after the removal of their respective disabilities. Eevenue is- the life-blood of the-commonwealth, and it can be supplied only by taxation. The'…
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