Carter v. Green

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Rita R. Carter owned two tracts of land in Garland County that were forfeited in 1985 to the state for failure to pay taxes. On May 17, 1993, the State Land Commissioner (Commissioner) executed two deeds conveying the property to “The Eureka Missionary Baptist Church,” in exchange for $1,600. On May 15, 1996, Carter filed a petition in the Garland County Chancery Court requesting a declaratory judgment that the deeds were void because they conveyed the property to an unincorporated association. Approximately two weeks later, the Commissioner executed two correction…