Brigins v. Chandler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit County of Lincoln County. Hon. S. S. CalhooN, Judge, specially presiding, by exchange with Hon. J. B. Chrism an. Isabella Brigins and James Hardie brought this action of ejectment to recover of D. W. Chandler a certain tract of land which they claimed as the heirs of Robert Hardie, who in his lifetime had a patent thereto from the United States. The defendant claimed title to the land through a tax-collect- or’s deed.
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Appeal from the Circuit County of Lincoln County. Hon. S. S. CalhooN, Judge, specially presiding, by exchange with Hon. J. B. Chrism an. Isabella Brigins and James Hardie brought this action of ejectment to recover of D. W. Chandler a certain tract of land which they claimed as the heirs of Robert Hardie, who in his lifetime had a patent thereto from the United States. The defendant claimed title to the land through a tax-collect- or’s deed. The judgment was in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiffs appealed. The facts established by the evidence and the questions arising thereon are…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
' The sale for taxes was made on the first Monday of January, 1872, which was the time fixed by law for sale of land delin*867quent for non-payment of taxes, and the dating the conveyance on the day it was made, which was a subsequent day, did not affect its validity, nor did the recital in the conveyance that the sale was made on the day of' its execution, preclude the showing of the fact that the sale was made at the proper time.
There was no error in the. assessment. It was governed by “An act to raise revenue,” etc., approved, July 9,1870 (Acts 1870, p. 24) and an act supplemental to it,…
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