Calmes v. Weill

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

The appellee, Adrian Weill, filed a bill of complaint in the Chancery Court of Harrison County to confirm a tax title to a parcel of land. A decree was entered confirming title in Weill, and the defendant, John Calmes, to whom the land was assessed, appealed to this Court.

Several questions are raised, but one is sufficient to resolve the case. We hold the description in the tax deed vague and indefinite, and the tax sale void.

A copy of the tax deed executed by the Tax Collector of Harrison County on October 14, 1961, to Adrian Weill, the purchaser at the tax sale,…