Waits v. Black Bayou Drainage Dist.

D. H. Waits purchased 160 acres of land from the state, which land had been sold for taxes, and the title to which had become absolute in the state as to state and county taxes. This land is described as Southwest quarter of section 30, township 17, range 7 west, and is situated in the Black Bayou Drainage District. The bill alleged that the land was sold on the first Monday of April, 1931, for taxes due thereon for the year 1930, including drainage taxes; and was struck off and sold to the state of Mississippi; that not being redeemed from the said sale, the title to the land matured in the…