State Ex Rel. Knox v. Lockyer

This is a proceeding to confirm appellee’s title to lots one to thirty, inclusive, of block 3, of the West Seashore subdivision of section twenty-two, township eight south, range twelve west, Harrison county, Miss., containing approximately three and three-tenths acres.

The bill of complaint averred that prior to September 22, 1924, these lands were duly and legally sold to the state of Mississippi for taxes due and unpaid; that on said date the state, acting through the state land commissioner, executed its patent conveying said land to George R. Smith for the consideration of twenty-one…