Hanna v. Ford

On June 23,1939, Frank H. Ford, Jr., appellee, filed on the equity side of the County Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, a bill against Mrs. E. W. Hanna, the appellant, in which he alleged, as follows:

That certain lands in the City of Hattiesburg, Forrest County, had been patented by the United States to an individual, and after many conveyances, Frank H. Ford, Jr., became the owner thereof by a deed dated December 10, 1931, and recorded in the land records of that county.

That F. H. Ford, Jr., being unable to pay the State and county taxes due on the said lot for the year 1933, the…