State Mortgage Corp. v. State

(after stating the facts as above). [1] Unless the fact that the sale of the lot for taxes under the judgment of September 9, 1926, was made subject to the lien of the state and county for taxes unpaid thereon for years prior to 1925 warranted the judgment now before this court for review, it should be reversed; for it is settled that a sale of land under a judgment for taxes of a given year or years, in the absence of any saving reservation, passes title to the purchaser free of the lien for unpaid taxes of prior years. City of Houston v. Bartlett, 29 Tex. Civ. App. 27, 68 S. W. 730; State…