Price v. England

This was an action of ejectment, wherein there was judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals to this court.

The plaintiff’s claim of title was under a tax deed made upon a sale of the premises, for taxes, on June 17, A. D. 1878. The point of attack on the tax deed is as to the sufficiency of the notice of the sale for taxes.

Section 5, article 9, of the constitution of 1870, requires that the General Assembly shall provide by law for reasonable notice to be given to the owners or parties interested, by publication or otherwise, of the fact of the sale of real property for taxes, and…