Mathieu v. Crosby Lumber & Mfg. Co.

This is a proceeding to determine title to ten acres of land. Appellants, as complainants in the bill, assert they are owners thereof as grantees of the patentee under a tax sale to the State of Mississippi. Appellees, defendants in the lower court, controvert the claim of appellants, and, by cross-bill, say they (except defendant C. H. Parsons) are the owners, with different interests, through record title and adverse possession. The chancellor dismissed the bill and sustained the cross-bill. Complainants appeal.

The first question is the validity vel non of the tax sale. Cross-complainants…