McGraw v. Potts

This suit was filed by the appellees to recover title and possession of a lot in the city of Sherman and to cancel a tax deed theretofore made by the sheriff of Grayson county conveying the property to the appellant. The plaintiffs in the case claimed to be the owners of the property, deraigning title 'by inheritance from one Hetty Venters, who died in 1927. They alleged that in July of 1927 the land was sold for taxes and purchased at sheriff’s sale by the appellant, McGraw. They attack as invalid the judgment rendered in the suit for taxes filed by the county attorney in 1926. The principal…