Martin, Co. Atty. v. Taylor, Clerk

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant, and plaintiff below, Otto C. Martin, has been county attorney of Ohio County from November 9, 1938, continuously to the present time. Upon investigation of the county records, he found that a great number of taxpayers had failed to pay their taxes in the years preceding his induction into office, running back to 1931; that the sheriffs in office at the time the taxes became delinquent levied on the real estate belonging" to the taxpayer ‘ (or, which he owned at the time of assessment in the manner provided by law) and advertised and…