Anderson v. Rider

Citations

• 46 Cal. 134

Syllabus

<p>Sheriff’s Deed for Taxes. — A Sheriff’s deed made under a sale for a tax, in pursuance of a judgment enforcing the lien of the tax, is not void because the property sold, being several lots in a city, was assessed in sólido, and not each lot separately.</p> <p>Idem.—Such deed is not void because the purchase money at the tax sale was not paid to the Sheriff until some time after the sale, provided the Sheriff accepted of it.</p> <p>Deed fob -Latest Tax the Best.—A title acquired by a Sheriff's deed, in pursuance of a sale for a delinquent tax, will prevail over a title acquired by a similar deed for the tax of a previous year, even if the sale for the oldest tax was made after the sale for the later tax.</p>