Patterson v. Porter

JONES, Justice.

W.K. Patterson appeals from a judgment 1) ordering Patterson to accept Ware M. Porter’s offer to redeem real property purchased by Patterson at a tax sale and 2) setting the amount necessary to redeem the property. We affirm.

Allen D. McCaghren owned two adjoining pieces of real estate in Etowah County, Alabama (described as Lots 1 and 2, Block 9, Rainbow Park). The 1983 ad valorem tax on this property was assessed to McCa-ghren. McCaghren did not pay the 1983 tax; however, on February 11, 1983, he sold the property to JBM Investment Properties, Inc. (“JBM”), a corporation of…