Hawkins v. City of West Point

The City of West Point in this State operates under a special municipal charter granted by the Legislature by Chapter 148, Laws 1892, approved March 23, 1892. Appellant Hawkins is the former owner of the city lot involved in this suit. The lot was sold to the city for the delinquent city taxes thereon for the year 1931. The bill is by the city to confirm its tax title against the appellant, in defense of which appellant answered assigning various reasons why, as he says, the tax title was not good, and he has argued 10 of such alleged grounds on this appeal. There are two principal grounds as…