Lyons v. State Mineral Board

I agree with the majority opinion in this case that the adjudication of plaintiff's property to the state in 1936 for nonpayment of the taxes was legal and valid. Also that the sale from the state to Poe in 1943 of the land was valid and divested the state of title to the land, reserving to the state the mineral rights.

In my opinion, plaintiff has a right to redeem from the state these mineral rights upon the payment of all taxes due the state and its political subdivisions, for the following reasons:

Under the provisions of Section 62 of Act 170 of 1898, as amended, (Dart's Stat. § 8466), the…