Cooper v. Cooper

The decision in this case is controlled by that in Sibley v. Townsend, 206 N. C., 648, 175 S. E., 107, where the Court, through Clarkson, J., speaking to the identical question of law presented on this appeal, quotes the statute, C. S., 7982, and declares: “It is contended by plaintiff that the estate of the life tenant is not forfeited in the land until the tax sale certificate is foreclosed by court and the land sold by commissioner. We cannot so hold. The statute, supra, in clear *491language, says, ‘If any tenant for life of real estate shall suffer the same to be sold for taxes by reason of…