Chastang v. Washington Lumber & Turpentine Co.

LAWSON, Justice.

In this suit the matter of controversy is the title to eighty acres of land described/ *392ás the.S^ of the Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 2 West, Washington County, Alabama.

The suit property was sold for taxes on, to wit, June 5, 1944, under an assessment to “Alfred and John Chastang, Virginia Larsocia, and Victoria Welch.” John Johnston purchased the property at the tax sale for the sum of $13.66, which sum included fees and advertising costs. He assigned and transferred his certificate of purchase to C. D. Young on April 9, 1945. On October 14, 1947, C. D. Young surrendered…