State v. White

Hatoher, Judge:

A lot in the city of Morgantown, entered on the Land Books in the names of George W. and Joseph N. White was delinquent for the taxes charged in the year 1924. It was regularly sold for that delinquency and purchased by the state in 1927. This is a suit brought by the state at October Rules 1929 to sell the lot.

The defendant, Thomas P. Barker, asserts both the right to redeem the lot (by answer), and an estoppel against the state (by supplemental answer), on the following grounds: George W. White sold his interest in the lot to Joseph N. and Anna D. White in September of 1924;…