Burroughs v. Vance
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. A. H. Longino, Chancellor. The bill was filed by Vance, appellee, to confirm a tax title to five hundred and sixty acres of land, in section thirteen, township twenty-seven, range one, east, in Quitman county.
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From the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. A. H. Longino, Chancellor. The bill was filed by Vance, appellee, to confirm a tax title to five hundred and sixty acres of land, in section thirteen, township twenty-seven, range one, east, in Quitman county. Burroughs, appellant, owned fourteen thousand acres of land in that county, constituting practically one body, embracing that in suit; he had for several years paid his taxes thereon by sending the collector his check for the amount thereof. In ^February, 1894, he sent to the collector, from Chicago, bank exchange on New York, the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
While the appellee bid off the lands at the tax collector’s sale on March 5, 1894, no deed was made to him by the collector until March 31, 1894. In the absence of any evidence as to when the money bid by him for the lands was paid, we assume that he secured his tax deed when he made good his bid by pay*700ing the amount of it to the collector. Three weeks, then, before the collector received the purchase money and made his deed, and thereby completed the sale, the appellant, Burroughs, had paid the taxes due, and obtained the tax collector’s receipt in the form prescribed by law. So long as the…
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