Collier v. Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson ’Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. The tax sales were regular and made according to law. The commissioner’s deed was duly acknowledged and recorded. Kirby’s Digest, 760-1. It -was prima facie evidence of the legality and regularity of the sale.
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Appeal from Jefferson ’Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. The tax sales were regular and made according to law. The commissioner’s deed was duly acknowledged and recorded. Kirby’s Digest, 760-1. It -was prima facie evidence of the legality and regularity of the sale. The decree and deed were duly approved and confirmed and there were no irregularities in the road district suit. 28 N. E. 57. 2. The attack is a collateral attack on the decree of the court and every presumption is in favor of jurisdiction and regularity. 121 Ark. 474; 101 Id. 390; 50 Id. 188; 55 Id. 398. Mere errors…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
On the 7th day of January, 1907, appellees purchased the N. W. % of the N. W. %, Sec. 14, T. 6 S. R. 10 W., in Jefferson County, Arkansas. They permitted the land to forfeit in 1912 for the nonpayment of the state and county taxes assessed against it in 1911, and at the delinquent tax sale, Thomas J. Collier, appellant, purchased the land on June 10, 1912, and procured a tax deed under said purchase on December 7, 1914. The land was proceeded against under Act 248 of the Acts of Arkansas, 1911, for non-payment of 1912 taxes of Road Improvement District No. 3, which resulted in a decree, of…
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