Hales v. Lee

This is an action to quiet title to a tract of land in Pontotoc county, brought by C. E. Lee, H. J. Kroninger, Claude E. Carpenter, and Willie J. Carpenter, owners in possession under and by virtue of a resale tax deed, against the defendants, W. T. Hales, Jr., and others, grantees in mineral deeds made by the former owner prior to the resale. Trial was had to the court without a jury and judgment was rendered for plaintiffs. Certain defendants appealed from the judgment and those defendants who refused to join in the appeal as plaintiffs in error were included as defendants in error.

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