Knowland v. Sartorious
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tke ckancery court of Warren county. Hill, Chancellor. Tbe facts of tbis case are minutely stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tke ckancery court of Warren county. Hill, Chancellor. Tbe facts of tbis case are minutely stated in the opinion of the court. Filed an elaborate argument, contending that the demurrer to the bill of review was improperly overruled; that a demurrer was the approved mode of defense to a bill of review, and that it did not admit the several grounds stated in the bill of review as errors in the decree; because they were not well pleaded ; and, that the demurrer should have been sustained, if for no other cause, for the reason that Benjamin Sherry, a party to the original suit, was…
1Opinion of the Court
Tabbell, J.:
The record presents the following facts: On the 5th day of May, 1863, Thomas K. Knowland, appellant, became the purchaser of certain lands described in the record, at a sale by the tax collector of Warren county, and receiving from him a deed therefor. In May, 1869, Knowland instituted proceedings in chancery for a confirmation of his tax title, under the act of the legislature, approved February 10, 1860.
On the 6th day of December, 1869, a decree pro confesso was taken in said proceeding against all the defendants therein, and a decree final in February, 1870, to wit, against…
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