Deniston v. Langsford

Two city lots were sold to the State for nonpayment of the 1931 taxes. In 1943, the State’s title was confirmed in proceedings brought under Act 119 of 1935. Two years later the State sold the lots to appellant, who brought ejectment to recover possession from the appellee. After a motion to transfer to equity had been overruled, appellee asserted title based on a sale for the 1940 taxes and on a deed from a bank which had foreclosed a mortgage on the lots. Upon the first appeal in this case, 211 Ark. 780, 202 S. W. 2d 760, it was held that the circuit court erred in sustaining the validity…