Dooley v. Christian

This is an application to this court for a mandamus to compel the clerk of the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond to accept the sum tendered by the petitioner under sec. 664 of the Code, as amended by Acts 1897-8, p. 513, in redemption *535of a certain parcel of land sold for the non-payment of taxes.

There is no controversy between the petitioner and the clerk as to the material facts of the case, which are substantially as follows:

The land, which was located in the city of Richmond, was returned delinquent for the non-payment of taxes for the year 1886, and sold therefor in the year 1888,…