Davis v. City of Biloxi

Oh September 18, 1933, Lots 1, 2 and 3 of Block 2, Miramar Subdivision in the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, were sold by the sheriff and tax collector of Harrison county to the State of Mississippi for unpaid taxes for the year 1932. On September 19, 1936, the period of redemption having expired, the state patented the land to Margie Edwards, who on October 8, 1936, conveyed the land to D. M. and J. H. White. Britt Davis, an auctioneer, was scheduled to auction lands in Harrison county on August 30, 1937, including the land here involved. The city applied for, and obtained, an injunction…