Huckleby v. State

Citations

• 57 Fla. 433

Syllabus

<p>1. The lien of the State for taxes upon property attaches by and from the date of the assessment of the property arid cannot be divested by a subsequent judicial sale of such property in any proceeding in which the State is not a party.</p> <p>2. The State has the right to intervene by petition in a suit for the purpose of enforcing its lien for taxes due it on property involved therein and obtaining an order for the payment thereof out of proceeds arising from a judicial sale of such property, and such petition if properly framed is not open to attack by demurrer. If any of the parties w;sh to question the legality of the tax imposed, the validity of the tax imposed or to make any defence along that line, it would have' to be done by way of an answer.</p>