Hightower v. Hogan

In an action of ejectment there was judgment for the plaintiffs, and the defendant took writ *88óf error. At a previous day of this term the judgment was affirmed, but a rehearing was granted.

The defendant claimed' title under.a tax deed issued in 1911, upon a tax sale certificate issued to the State in 1905 for non-payment of taxes- of 1904, the certificate being transferred in 1911 to O. E. Hightower and the deed issued thereon. Title by successive conveyances was shown in the plaintiff’s ancestor; but it is contended for the defendant, plaintiff in error here, that under the statute the title…