Richton Tie & Timber Co. v. McWilliams

The principal question on this appeal is whether under a Mississippi statute a sale of a tract for the whole of the taxes assessed, where part of the taxes thereon have been paid by paying all taxes on a distinct subdivision of the entire tract, renders the sale void.

This action was brought in the Chancery Court of Perry County by Richton Tie and Timber Company, appellant, against O. R. McWilliams and others. It was for the purpose of cancelling a forfeited tax land patent under which appellee McWilliams claimed the lands. The Major Sowers Sawmill Company became vested in 1921 and 1922 with…