JOHNSON, Justice.
The principle of caveat emptor applies with all its rigor to the purchase of real estate at a tax sale. Ordinarily, the holder of a tax deed executed pursuant to an invalid commissioner's sale in a tax foreclosure suit may not obtain reimbursement from the taxing authorities.
The fundamental fairness and soundness of this rule is apparent. One who purchases at a tax sale does so without warranty,—and usually with the expectation...
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