Giller v. Fouke

Appellant challenges the correctness of a decree of the Miller chancery court in canceling a deed executed by the State Land Commissioner, and holding that confirmation under act 296 of 1929 did not cure certain defects.

' The chancellor found that in 1924 the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirteen, township seventeen south, range twenty-seven west, Miller county, was owned by C. W. and H. P. Fouke; that in 1925 the collector certified the property as delinquent for 1924 taxes; that in the 1925 tax sale it was acquired by the state; that in 1927 it was certified to the…