Hopkins v. Sandidge
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from tbe Circuit Court of De Soto county. Hon. P. T. Scruggs, judge. This is an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiff in error to the Spring Term, 1864, of the Circuit Court of De Soto county, for a tract of land in said county. On the trial, it was agreed that the land in controversy was the property of N. R. Sledge when it was assessed for the taxes of 1850, and that it was assessed as his property; and the deraignment of Sledge’s title was waived.
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In error from tbe Circuit Court of De Soto county. Hon. P. T. Scruggs, judge. This is an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiff in error to the Spring Term, 1864, of the Circuit Court of De Soto county, for a tract of land in said county. On the trial, it was agreed that the land in controversy was the property of N. R. Sledge when it was assessed for the taxes of 1850, and that it was assessed as his property; and the deraignment of Sledge’s title was waived. Plaintiff then offered in evidence the certificate of the auditor, in due form, that the land was returned forfeited to the State,…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff in error to recover a tract of land in the possession of the defendant.
On the trial, the plaintiff showed that the land was the property of one Sledge, and was assessed as such for taxes due in 1850, and read in evidence the certificate of the Auditor of Public Accounts, showing that it was returned as forfeited to the State, in April, 1851, and was purchased from the State by one Berry, in November, 1853; also a deed of conveyance made by Berry to the plaintiff.
The defendant then offered a certified copy of the list of lands for unpaid taxes of the…
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