House v. Gumble & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. A. MoC. Kimbrough, Chancellor. The appellees, Gumble & Co., were complainants, and the appellant, House, defendant in the court below.
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From the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. A. MoC. Kimbrough, Chancellor. The appellees, Gumble & Co., were complainants, and the appellant, House, defendant in the court below. The section of the code 1892 (3814), referred to in the opinion and briefs of counsel, is as follows: “ Land in cities, towns and villages shall be sold by lots or other subdivisions or descriptions by which it is assessed, and it shall not be necessary to offer less than a lot, but it shall not be an objection that less than a lot was sold, if it bring enough to pay the taxes for which it is sold.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Gumble & Co. filed their bill in the chancery court of Washington county to cancel two tax deeds made to L. R. Crouch *265by the tax collector on the fifth day of March, 1897, of the west half of lots 8 and 9, of block é, first addition of the town of Areola, in said Washington county, Mississippi. On the first Monday of March, 1897, the tax collector of Washington county sold, for the taxes of 1896, the west half of lot 8, and the wrest half of lot 9, of block i, of the first addition of the town of Areola, in Washington county. The said two halves of said lots were sold separately to L. R.…
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