Prophet v. Lundy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Holmes County. Hon. E. W. Williamson, Chancellor. J. A. Lundy filed this bill against W. E. Prophet to have his tax-title confirmed to a certain tract of land claimed by the latter. The land in question is part of a large tract situated on either side of the line between Carroll and Holmes Counties.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Holmes County. Hon. E. W. Williamson, Chancellor. J. A. Lundy filed this bill against W. E. Prophet to have his tax-title confirmed to a certain tract of land claimed by the latter. The land in question is part of a large tract situated on either side of the line between Carroll and Holmes Counties. W. E. Prophet, the occupant of the whole tract, lived on that part situated in Carroll County, while the part now in litigation is situated in Holmes. The Chancellor in his decree found the following facts: That this land was sold by the sheriff and tax collector…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
By the law then in force, Code of 1857, p. 74, article 14, the land about which this suit exists was assessable, and was assessed, in Carroll County, in which the occupant resided: It was not assessable in Holmes County, in which it lay, but it was assessed there. It was paid on in Carroll County, where it was to be paid on under the law, but it was not paid on, as it should not have been, in Holmes County. It was sold for taxes in Holmes County in 1867, and struck off and conveyed to the State. On the 9th of May, 1871, it Avas enacted that “ lands shall be assessed only on the rolls *606of the…
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