Brannon v. Pringle
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Jackson county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Pringle, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Bran-non and others, appellants, were defendants there. Prom a decree in complainant’s favor, defendants appealed to the supreme court. The first opinion of the court, delivered by Caxhoon, J., sufficiently states the facts. The tax deed under which Pringle claims title was never filed for record.
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Prom the chancery court of Jackson county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Pringle, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Bran-non and others, appellants, were defendants there. Prom a decree in complainant’s favor, defendants appealed to the supreme court. The first opinion of the court, delivered by Caxhoon, J., sufficiently states the facts. The tax deed under which Pringle claims title was never filed for record. There was, accordingly, no full compliance with Code 1892, § 3823, and Pringle acquired no title under the tax deed. Yasser v. George, 47 Miss. 713; Bank v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Calhoon, J.,
delivered the following opinion of the court, the one first rendered in the case, but afterwards vacated:
This voluminous record consists of an original and amended bill and answers and cross-bills and answers to cross-bills, etc., all of which are grounded on the original proceeding by Pringle to confirm his alleged tax title to lands. One of the points for the defense is that the tax deed under which he claims was never filed for record. That instrument is itself in evidence, and does not show that it ever had been marked “Piled” by the clerk, as required by section 3823, Ann.…
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