Walker v. Fields

Opinion .of the Court by

Judge Nunn —

Reversing.

It appears without contradiction that Mathias Templeton owned a tract of land in Perry county supposed to contain 212 acres; that it was sold in March, 1897, by the sheriff for taxes due on it for 1896; that at the sale Jerry and Iienry Walker became tbe purchasers of tbe land, and that it was: again sold the next year for taxes assessed against it for the year 1897, and that Jerry Walker, appellant, became tlie purchaser. When two years had elapsed from the date of the sale, the sheriff conveyed the land; the deed under the first sale was made to…