Barr v. Clayton

Snyder, Jud&e :

Suit in equity brought Jan’y, 1884, in the Circuit Court of Ritchie county by Sarah E. Barr and others against John S. Clayton and S. 0. Fordyce, to set aside a tax-deed made by the -clerk of the County Court of said county to the defendant, Clayton, May 30,1881, for 83-^ acres oflandsoldin 1879, for the nonpayment of taxes due thereon for the year 1876, in the name of Mary Ripley ; and also to set aside a deed made Oct. 28, 1882, for said land by Clayton to the defendant, Fordyce, The bill alleges various grounds and irregularities in the tax-sale and proceedings on account of…