Wilkinson v. Bennett

Bleckley, Judge.

The tax collector of Dade for the years 1870, 1871 and 1872 failed to give bond and security, in either year, for the collection and payment over of the county taxes. In 1874 he executed a mortgage to the ordinary, for the use of the county, upon certain lands, reciting such failure and his failure to fully account, and providing for securing the county in the premises. The mortgage, according to its terms, was to be void in the event the said collector, when thereunto required according to law, should fully account of and concerning said taxes, and pay over to the county…