Beard v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Le& County. Hon. O. H. Whitfield, Chancellor. October 15, 1868, J. A. Green filed bis bill against B. A. Beard, to confirm tax title to the land in controversy, which he had purchased from the state May 29, 1868. It had been sold for the taxes of 1861; sold July 7, 1862. A demurrer was filed and was sustained, and the bill was dismissed.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Le& County. Hon. O. H. Whitfield, Chancellor. October 15, 1868, J. A. Green filed bis bill against B. A. Beard, to confirm tax title to the land in controversy, which he had purchased from the state May 29, 1868. It had been sold for the taxes of 1861; sold July 7, 1862. A demurrer was filed and was sustained, and the bill was dismissed. An answer was filed September 30, 1873, setting up payment of taxes, the existence, of the war, that the taxes were for the support of the war. January term, 1874, the cause was set down for hearing on bill, answer and…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
This case, with a number of others, was pending in the chancery court of Lee county, in 1870. They all have for their object to confirm title to lands bought from the state, which have become *858forfeited for unpaid taxes. On the 8th of October, 1870, demurrers to the several bills were sustained, and the bills dismissed, but at the same time, and as part of the same proceeding, an order of court was entered embracing a written agreement of counsel, substantially to the effect that an appeal should be taken in ohe of them, to wit: in the case of Griffin v. Dogan et al.; that the others should…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Millspaugh v. McBrideNew York Court of Chancery · 1839
- Griffin v. DoganMississippi Supreme Court · 1873
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- Day v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
- Richton Tie & Timber Co. v. McWilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1953