Roach v. State ex rel. Albritton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Mandamus. Appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. Heard before I-Ion. John P. Hubbard. Mandamus by Albritton, on the relation, etc., against Roach, judge of probate, to compel the issuance to relator of a deed for lands purchased at tax sale. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. There was judgment for relator and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
— This is a proceeding by mandamus by which the relator, Albritton, seeks to compel the judge of probate of Geneva county to execute to him a deed to certain lands alleged to have been purchased by the relator at a tax sale made by the tax collector of Geneva county on the 4th day of June, 1900. The lands consisted of several subdivisions of section 2, township 1, •range 19, in Geneva county, and the petition alleges that they were assessed for taxes for .the year 1899 to “owner unknown”; that on the 4th day of June, 1900, at the courthouse door in Geneva, county the tax collector sold said…
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