Henderson v. State ex rel. Overman

The relator avers, in his complaint, that, in 1865, he purchased of the proper officers of Tipton county a certain piece of land, described, lying in said county of Tipton, and being a part of the congressional township school lands; that, at the time of the purchase, he paid one-fourth of the purchase-money, the balance of which was to be paid in twenty-five years, with interest; that he received from the auditor of Tipton county a certificate of purchase, as prescribed by law, entitling him to a conveyance of said lands upon full payment of the purchase-money; that said lands have not been…