White v. Noblin

The land in question constitutes the homestead of appellee. He was the owner of it at all the times hereinafter mentioned. He has resided there for more than forty years, and still so resides. It became delinquent for the taxes assessed for the year 1931, and at the May Term, 1932, the board of supervisors of the county ordered the tax collector to sell all delinquent lands on the first Monday in June, 1932. This land was sold to the state on the latter day, and on June 16, 1936, the state by a forfeited tax land patent conveyed, or rather attempted to convey, it to appellant.

On October 2.4,…