Lamar v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jefferson county. . The appellee, as Collector of Revenue of Jefferson county, levied upon and advertised for sale lands of the appellant to collect the taxes. The bill alleged that the sale would cloud the title to the lands. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant filed her bill in equity and prayed an injunction restraining the sale of her property to satisfy a tax levied against her as the owner of certain promissory notes given for the purchase of land, and secured by mortgage upon the land. The notes and mortgate purport to secure the sum of $50,000. They are assessed at the value of $25,000, *148that being the estimated cash value of the notes, and the tax is computed upon that sum. Beyond the mortgage she has no security, and the mortgagor is insolvent. The taxes assessed against the land…
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