Dogan v. Griffin

Citations

• 51 Miss. 782

Syllabus

<p>Tax title. Tax sale. Sale of realty for tames, part illegal. Taxes of 1861.</p> <p>Where a sale was made in 1862 by the tax collector for the taxes of 1861, the taxes for the latter year being largely made up of levies for military or war purposes: Held, that a valid title to real estate cannót be obtained by a sale for a tax, a part of which is illegal and void, and a portion of which is legal. It cannot be separated; a distinction is taken in the authorities between such a case and a personal action to recover of the tax collector the illegal tax collected by him.</p>