Long v. Stanley
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. HoN. Henry C. Conn, Chancellor. Mrs. Long, the appellant, was the complainant in the court below; Stanley and others, appellees, were defendants there. The object of the suit was to cancel a tax deed as a cloud upon complainant’s title to lands. From a decree denying complainant relief, she appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in, or clearly inferable from the opinion of the court.
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From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. HoN. Henry C. Conn, Chancellor. Mrs. Long, the appellant, was the complainant in the court below; Stanley and others, appellees, were defendants there. The object of the suit was to cancel a tax deed as a cloud upon complainant’s title to lands. From a decree denying complainant relief, she appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in, or clearly inferable from the opinion of the court. The tax title of defendants, appellees, is void for four reasons: 1. There was no valid assessment, therefore, the tax collector was not…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
Appellant filed her bill to remove clouds from her title to land, and avers that appellees claim under two tax conveyances, which she says are void. The appellees set xrp that she did not deraign her title under code, § 501, and denied that she ever had any title. The only showing of title made by the complainant in her bill is that “in the latter part of the year 1885 she became the owner in fee simple ’ ’ of the lands. In her proof she produces a conveyance to her from one Elizabeth Sullivan, bearing the appar-ent date of September 15, 1885. The requirement' to deraign title appears for the…
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