Sharp v. Smith

Appellees filed their bill in the chancery court of Hinds county against appellant to cancel, as a cloud on their title to ten acres of land situated in the first judicial district of that county, a tax title under which appellant also claimed title thereto. The cause was heard on bill, answer, and proof, resulting in a decree in appellee’s favor, from which decree appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellees are the true and legal owners of the land in controversy, unless the tax title under which appellant claims is good. The land was forfeited to the state for the 1925' state and county…