State v. Wilbe Lumber Co.

Wilbe Lumber Company, a Mississippi corporation, filed its bill of complaint on behalf of named beneficiaries against the State, the Land Commissioner, the members of the State Mineral Lease Commission, and other parties, as defendants. The title to timber and mineral rights on a large acreage of land was involved. The-prayer of the bill sought (1) to cancel an alleged invalid tax title, (2) to remove such, together with other acts of certain defendants, as clouds on complainant’s title, and (3) to quiet and confirm its title against all defendants. The answers of the defendants tendered…