Tensaw Land & Timber Co. v. Rivers

FOSTER, Justice.

This appeal is governed by section 3108, Code of 1923, then in effect (see section 296, Title 51, Code of 1940).

The purpose of that statute was to save to an owner of land sold for its taxes the right to redeem it without limit of time provided he has such possession of it, as may be sufficient for that purpose. And he need not wait until the purchaser at tax sale sues to recover the land, but while so in possession he can go into equity and enforce his right to redeem. National Fireproofing Corp. v. Hagler, 226 Ala. 104, 145 So. 421; Georgia, etc., Co. v. Washington Realty…