Legal Opinion
State v. Butler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 26, 1945No. 35812PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, J.
The appellees, Charlie and Milton Butler, who are the grantees of their father Owen Butler, deceased, brought this suit to have cancelled as a cloud upon their title to 80 acres of land in the First Judicial District of Jasper County a certain tax sale ^thereof made to the State of Mississippi on September 18, 1933, or in the alternative to have their title to the said land confirmed and quieted under and by virtue of a forfeited tax land patent obtained from the state by the said Owen Butler as former owner of the land.
The tax sale in question was alleged to be invalid upon several grounds,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Grant v. MontgomeryMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
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