If land lying in one county or city be erroneously assessed in another, the commissioner on whose book it is erroneously assessed shall certify the owner's name and the quantity, description and value of the land to the proper commissioner, who shall enter the same on his book, and the commissioner on whose book it was erroneously entered shall strike the same therefrom upon being informed of the entry thereof by the proper commissioner.
Code 1950, § 58-814; 1984, c. 675.