North v. Culpepper
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Culpepper, appellee, was complainant ip the court below;. North, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling his demurrer to the bill of complaint, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Culpepper, appellee, was complainant ip the court below;. North, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling his demurrer to the bill of complaint, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. In Speed v. McKnigM, 76 Miss. 723, the court held that: where several lots of land separated from each other and of' variant values are assessed, together at an aggregate valuation,, and the taxes on some of them are paid, the tax collector is not authorized to…
1Opinion of the Court
Mayes, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In July, 1909, S. C. Culpepper began a suit in the chancery court of Harrison county against C. R. North. The suit had for its object the cancellation of a tax title held by North to the S. W. ¼ of N. W. ¼, section 4, township 2 S., range 12 W. The complainant fully deraigned his title down to- the point where the adverse claim commences, and there is no point made on that. The bill shows that the land in question was assessed in the year 1900 as required by law. The assessment of the. land was as follows, viz.: “Unknown, E. ½ of S. E. ¼ and S.…
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