Ferrill v. Dickerson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wayne County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. M. P. Ferrill brought this action in March, 1884, to recover of James Dickerson a certain tract of land which the former claimed through a tax-title acquired thereto.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wayne County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. M. P. Ferrill brought this action in March, 1884, to recover of James Dickerson a certain tract of land which the former claimed through a tax-title acquired thereto. In support of his demand the plaintiff first adduced in evidence a deed, dated December 19, 1883, from the auditor of public accounts, conveying to him the land in controversy, and reciting that the same was sold to the State for taxes on the 1st of February, 1875, for the taxes due thereon for the year 1874. The plaintiff then offered in evidence a…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
The list of lands from the auditor’s office introduced in evidence by appellant was incomplete and incompetent, and there was no error in excluding it from the jury. It has been decided in several cases arising under the Code of 1871 and similar statutes, that a plaintiff in ejectment, who claims through a tax-title from the State, must, in addition to his deed from the auditor of public accounts, show by the certified list of lands struck off to the State for non-payment of taxes that the State had title to be conveyed *213bv tbe auditor’s deed. Whether that list is the original or a transcript…
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