Jackson v. Maddox

SPEER, Associate Justice.

Appellees May C. Maddox and Marguerite Ann Maddox, surviving wife and daughter, respectively, of R. E. Maddox, filed this suit against appellant to secure an enforced redemption of certain land from a tax sale. The plaintiffs had judgment and the defendant has appealed.

The gist of appellant’s contention is that appellees were not such owners under the statute as that they were entitled to redeem. The statute conferring the right of redemption reads as follows: “Wlieré lands are sold under the provisions of this chapter the owner or anyone having an interest therein…