70 Md. 134 | Md. | 1889
delivered the opinion of the Court.
We all agree that the taxes claimed in this case are barred by the Act of 1874, cbaj>. 483, sec. 82. Section 82 provides that all taxes levied for county or city purposes shall be collected within four years after the same shall be levied; and if not collected within four years, “The parties from whom such taxes may be demanded may plead this section in bar of any recovery of the same.” The taxes now claimed are county taxes, and were levied more than four years before the trustees were appointed to sell the property, and this being so the appellee had the right to plead the
Order affirmed.