Schuman v. Metropolitan Trust Company

The appellee, Metropolitian Trust Company, filed suit in the Pulaski chancery court alleging that it was the owner and in possession of the property described in its complaint; that it was the owner of said property by virtue of mesne conveyances from the United States Government; it further alleged that it was informed and believed that the appellant, Manie Schuman, on January 3, 1939, obtained from the State Land Commissioner, Otis Page, a forfeited land deed which purports to convey the said land under a forfeiture and certification to the state for the delinquent taxes for the year 1935;…