Bell v. Coats
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County. Hon. J. W. C. Watson, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The decree in chancery confirming the tax-title adjudicates the whole matter, and entitles the plaintiff to recover the land.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Pontotoc County. Hon. J. W. C. Watson, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The decree in chancery confirming the tax-title adjudicates the whole matter, and entitles the plaintiff to recover the land. Sect. 1753, Code 1871, confers on the Chancery Court concurrent, if not exclusive, jurisdiction over questions concerning the validity of tax-titles, and the remedy is coextensive with the action of ejectment, so far as the essentials of title are concerned. 2. The tax-title must be confirmed by the chancery proceeding, before the action of…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmees, J.
In May, 1860, the plaintiff in error obtained a tax-deed to a quartex-section of land in Pontotoc County, owned and occupied by the defendant in error. In 1873, he brought his. bill in the Chancery Court for the purpose of confirming his tax-title, under and by virtue of sect. 1753, Code of 1871, making the defendant in error a party. The litigation was protracted for several years, and culminated in a decision of this court confirming the tax-deed. Bell v. Coats, 54 Miss. 538. Thereupon he brought this action of ejectment to recover possession of the land, his title to which had thus in the…
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