Mitchell v. Tubb
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. J. 31. Mitchell, Judge. Suit by B. M. Tubb against Lafayette Mitchell. From & judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. J. 31. Mitchell, Judge. Suit by B. M. Tubb against Lafayette Mitchell. From & judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We submit first that the general laws for assessment and collection of taxes and sale under said assessments during the years 1889, 1890, 1891 and part of 1892 was the so-called Madison Act as passed by the legislature of 1888 and found in the Laws of 1888, on page 24. That said act repealed all former assessment laws and that this general assessment law was not…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellee instituted this suit in ejectment in the court below and at the close of the evidence the court instructed the jury to find in his favor, and there was a verdict and judgment accordingly. After issue joined each party' *230demanded of the other in -writing “a bill of particulars of his claim of title to the premises in question,” which demand was by each complied with. Each claimed and proved on the trial a record title, appellee’s title being traced through a sale to the state by the tax collector in 1892 for the taxes of the preceding year. Appellant, in addition showed possession in…
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