Gee v. Tucker
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor'. Suit by T. J. Gee against Calvin Tucker. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. It occurs to me that the only question in this case requiring serious consideration is the matter of the filing with the clerk, though no emphasis was put on this feature in the lower court, either in the pleading, or in the taking of the evidence.
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Appeal from chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor'. Suit by T. J. Gee against Calvin Tucker. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. It occurs to me that the only question in this case requiring serious consideration is the matter of the filing with the clerk, though no emphasis was put on this feature in the lower court, either in the pleading, or in the taking of the evidence. The statute requires that it shall be filed immediately after the sale and the question here is whether nine days, under the circumstances of this case, is immediately. So far as I…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellant, T. J. Gee, complainant in the chancery court, sought to confirm his tax title to certain lands previously owned by the appellee, Calvin Tucker. The tax sale was not made at the regular time, but the board of supervisors at their regular August meeting in 1917, proceeding under sections 2935 and 4367, Code of 1906 (sections 5270 and 7006, Hemingway’s Code), advertised and held the sale on September 3, T917, at which time the appellant bid in the lands in question. The list of lands sold to individuals and the conveyances were not filed in *871the office of tbe chancery clerk until…
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