Bell v. Coats
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County. Hon. A. B. Fly, Chancellor. 1. Under the act of Feb. 10, 1860, the defence set up cannot avail the appellee. Code 1857, pp. 79, 80, art. 35; Acts 1859-60, p. 213; Griffin v. Bogan, 48 Miss. 11; Meelcs v. Whatley, 48 Miss. 340; Gibson v. Newman, 1 How.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County. Hon. A. B. Fly, Chancellor. 1. Under the act of Feb. 10, 1860, the defence set up cannot avail the appellee. Code 1857, pp. 79, 80, art. 35; Acts 1859-60, p. 213; Griffin v. Bogan, 48 Miss. 11; Meelcs v. Whatley, 48 Miss. 340; Gibson v. Newman, 1 How. (Miss.) 341; McGehee v. Martin, 53 Miss. 519; Miller v. Lamar, 43 Miss. 383; Brooks v. Gillis, 12 S. & M. 538; Liddell v. Sims, 9 S. & M. 596. 2. There can be no doubt of the constitutional power of the legislature to make the tax-deed conclusive. Griffin v. Bogan, ubi supra ; Gwynne v.…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
To a bill filed under the act of 1860 to confirm a tax title the defendant answered and proved that he was living on the land at and before the day of sale, and at the time fixed by law for the collection of taxes, and that no demand was made on him therefor, nor any written notice left on the premises. This defence cannot avail. By the seventh section of the act of Feb. 10, 1860, it was provided that no sale of lands thereafter made “ shall be impeached or questioned in any manner, or for any cause, saving fraud or mistake in the *540assessment, or sale of the same, or upon the proof that the…
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- Griffin v. DoganMississippi Supreme Court · 1873
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- Bell v. CoatsMississippi Supreme Court · 1879