Scott v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Georgia
Res adjudícala-. Stare decisis. Wild lands. Comptroller-general. The Scott case before. Judge Roberts; Wilcox superior cotirt, March term, 1889. The Mixon case before Judge Fort. Dooly superior court. September term, 1889. Actions of ejectment. In each, part of the chain of title of the losing party was a sheriff’s deed founded on a wild land tax execution of the comptroller-general, transferred by him for value received.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, Justice
The main and controlling question in each one of these cases is, that the trial judge held that the comptroller-general of this State had no power or authority to transfer a tax fi. fa. which had been issued by him against wild lands. Each of the judges in the court below who made these rulings followed the decision of this court in the case of Johnson v. Christie, 64 Ga. 117, wherein a majority of the court held that “The comptroller-general is not authorized by law to transfer tax fi. fas. issued by him against wild lands on payment of the amount due thereon.” A majority'of the court as now…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. ChristieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
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