Hanna v. Renfro
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from tbe Circuit Court of Copiah county. Hon. John E. M‘Nair, judge, made the following points, and cited the following authorities :— 1. The tax sale was void, because the land was not designated by the particular eighths by the tax collector in selling. Hodge v. Wilson, 12 S. & M. 504. 2. It was void also for the reason that it was sold by the fraud and collusion of the tax collector and Patton. Doughty v. Hope, 1 Corns.
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In error from tbe Circuit Court of Copiah county. Hon. John E. M‘Nair, judge, made the following points, and cited the following authorities :— 1. The tax sale was void, because the land was not designated by the particular eighths by the tax collector in selling. Hodge v. Wilson, 12 S. & M. 504. 2. It was void also for the reason that it was sold by the fraud and collusion of the tax collector and Patton. Doughty v. Hope, 1 Corns. R. 79; 2 Denio, R. 5, 98; Blossom v. Qannon, 14 Mass. R. 177; Granger v. Parsons, 2 Pick. 192 ; Thayer v. Stearns, 1 lb. 482; 3 Watts, R. 427; 1 Watts & Serg. 310;…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNDT, J.
This action was brought by the defendants in error, to recover possession of a tract of land in Copiah county, claimed by the plaintiff in error.
Upon the trial below, the plaintiffs showed title as follows: — ■ It appeared that the land was purchased from the United States by one O’Keefe, prior to the year 1836, and the plaintiffs showed a deed made by the tax collector of Copiah county, dated 4th of March, 1844, to William Y. Patton, by which it appeared that the land was sold on that day for the taxes of O’Keefe, due and unpaid for the year 1843; also a deed from Patton to Mark Renfro, the…
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