Legal Opinion
DUKES v. MUNOZ Et Al.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 15, 2018No. A18A0572PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Presiding Judge.
*319 Winfred Dukes was served by publication with notice of a quiet title action filed by three individuals who had purchased his property at a tax sale. The trial court granted judgment in favor of the purchasers, and Dukes appeals, challenging the sufficiency of service, among other things. We now reverse because the record shows that the purchasers failed to exercise reasonable diligence to ascertain Dukes' correct address.
*320 The relevant facts are not disputed. Dukes owned a parcel of property in Fulton County, but became delinquent in paying his property taxes. Harold…
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- Reynolds v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- Floyd v. GoreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
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