Langan v. Altmayer

On its face, the majority opinion seems to be eminently correct, because § 100 of the Constitution of Alabama does say that "[n]o obligation or liability of any person, association, or corporation held or owned by this state . . . shall ever be remitted, released, or postponed, or in any way diminished, by the legislature," and § 40-10-135 does provide that if the former owners of the property wish to redeem, they must pay to the purchaser at the state tax sale a sum equal to "all the taxes due upon such lands, or for which they were sold, and the penalties and all of the taxes that should…