Lewis v. Griffin
Lewis v. Griffin
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
There is only one question to be decided in this case; for, if the evidence discloses that the tax sale by which appellee claims title to the land was regular and valid, the possession or occupancy of the land was not necessary to effectuate her deed.
It is claimed that the list of lands sold to individuals filed by the tax collector with the clerk of the chancery court shows that the two tracts of land which were separately assessed were grouped together, and that the two separately assessed parcels of land were embodied in the same deed to the purchaser at the sale for delinquent taxes. This, it is said, overcomes the presumption the statute gives to tax collector’s deeds, or, rather, that the
The deed and list of' lands do not raise any presumption that the law was not complied with, since no statute requires that separate deeds must be made to each tract of land sold. The only requirement of the law is that each tract of land separately assessed shall be offered and sold separately.
The tax collector’s deed is prima fade evidence that he complied with the law.
Affirmed.
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- G. W. Lewis v. Mary E. Griffin
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- 1. Taxation. Tax title. Occupancy. Tax deed. Presumptions. Where a tax sale is regular and valid, possession or occupancy of the land is not necessary to effectuate the deed. 2. Tax Deed. Presumptions. Tax sales. Where two tracts of land were separately assessed hut conveyed by the tax collector to a purchaser at a sale for delinquent taxes, by one deed, this does not raise the presumption that the two tracts were not sold separately as required by law, since no statute requires that separate deeds must be made to each tract .of land sold. 3. Same. ' The tax collector’s deed is prima facie evidence that he complied with the law.