Cecil v. Tisher and Friend

These causes were consolidated below for trial, and have been again consolidated for consideration on appeal. January 15, 1943, appellee, B. B. Tisher, sued appellant, Belton Cecil, alleging in substance that he (Tisher) was the owner in fee and in actual possession of two tracts of land in Polk county; that appellant, Cecil, claimed title to the land by virtue of tax deeds from the Polk county clerk dated December 30, 1942. Tisher further alleged that the tax deeds were null and void "for the reason that the clerk of the county court of Polk county failed to certify at the foot of the list…