Wake County v. . Johnson

This is an action to foreclose a tax certificate owned by the plaintiff. Under a decree rendered in the action, the land listed by the defendants for taxation by the county of Wake, and described in the tax certificate, was sold and conveyed by a commissioner appointed by the court for that purpose to the town of Wake Forest, a municipal corporation of this State.

The action was heard on a motion by the town of Wake Forest, the purchaser at the foreclosure sale, for a writ of assistance to be directed to the sheriff of Wake County, commanding the said sheriff to remove the defendants from and…