City of Nashville v. Marlin

The original bill in this canse was filed on December 28, 1961, by the City of Nashville against twenty-five defendants, owners of certain parcels of land shown by an exhibit to the bill, to perfect liens and collect taxes due the City for the year 1956.

A. J. Matthews, appellant here, was a defendant to that suit. On December 12, 1962, he filed a petition in the suit in which he alleged City taxes on his property were unpaid for the years 1947 through 1956; and that the City had filed suit annually to collect taxes upon his property and none of the suits had proceeded to a sale of his…