McNair v. . Boyd

This is an action to remove a cloud from title by canceling and setting aside the deed executed by J. M. Smith, sheriff of Eichmond, to W. K. Strickland, 19 January, 1900, in pursuance of a sale of land therein described, for taxes. The lands in controversy were listed for taxation by Peter L. Pate in 1897 and were sold by J. M. Smith, sheriff of Eichmond, on 4 July, 1898, to satisfy unpaid taxes thereon; no purchaser bid for the lands, which were thereupon bought in by the county. Thereafter W. E. Strickland purchased the certificate of sale from the county, and the sheriff thereupon…