Bailey v. Medlock

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Stabrer.

This appeal is from an order of the late lamented Judge Shipp, who held that the tax deed made and delivered by the sheriff of Hampton County to the defendant, Peeples, was null and void. The correctness, of the reasons given for such holding, is challenged by that defendant, the appellant here.

We think the Circuit Judge was right, and we approve and adopt his order. In 1912, the Legislature passed an Act (Act Feb. 17, 1912, 27 Stat. at Large, 699), requiring notice to be given any mortgagee of record in case of sale of real…