Green Cove Farms, Inc. v. Ivey

On August 5, 1929, the Tax Collector of Clay County, sold appellant’s lands for taxes. The lands sold consisted of about 8,185 acres embraced wholly in one certificate and described as all of the George I. F. Clarke Mill Grant, except the City of Green Gove Springs, the right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and certain lots and blocks of G. T. Butler’s Plat. The taxes involved amounted to $7,925.89. The amount of the assessment was approximately $10.00 per acre for the whole tract.

P. L. Swartley became the purchaser of a portion of tax certificate that had been issued against the…