Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2904 – Payment of taxes by lienholder; action for collection
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Any person having a lien upon any real estate located within the State may pay to the parties entitled thereto any taxes which are by law liens upon or against the real estate. Any person who has paid any such taxes shall be entitled to receive the full amount of such taxes so paid from the owner of the property or properties upon which the taxes were a lien and may proceed in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the same in a civil action for money paid out and expended for the use of the defendant.
15 Del. Laws, c. 476; 16 Del. Laws, c. 141; Code 1915, § ?2870; Code 1935, § ?3351; 25 Del. C. 1953, § ?2904;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2904
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.