Steele v. City of Waycross

Duckworth, Justice.

The first question to be determined is whether the sale of the property under the execution for general municipal taxes had the effect of extinguishing the lien of the special assessment. This assessment was levied by the City of Way-cross in pursuance of an amendment of its charter enacted by the General Assembly in 1925. Ga. L. 1925, p. 1557. The act was patterned after what is known as the Oklahoma paving plan, whereby bonds are issued and sold to defray the cost of street improvements, the abutting property is assessed for the purpose of paying the bonds, and the city…