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City attorney outlines next steps after chancellor orders special master in TMG tax-sale matter
Summary
City legal counsel John Cleveland updated the board on a court order appointing a special master to determine delinquent taxes in the long-running TMG/Swanfried tax-sale litigation and described likely further hearings and delays.
John Cleveland, identified to the board to provide a legal update, said a chancery court judge granted in part the city’s motion for judgment in the tax-sale litigation involving a taxpayer identified as Swanfried and ordered a tax sale process to proceed.
Cleveland told commissioners the chancellor appointed Teresa Schoate, the clerk and master, as a special master to conduct a hearing to determine the amount of delinquent…
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