Holton v. Mercer

Grice, Justice.

It is contended in the brief of the defendant (plaintiff in error), that, the plaintiffs having in their petition alleged that in 1937 the land sued for was sold for taxes and bought in by Bacon County, and having introduced in evidence a tax deed into the county to the land involved, but failed to show any title from the county to them, an insuperable barrier was thereby raised against a legal verdict in their favor; that the plaintiffs having alleged title into the county, and having introduced in evidence a deed conveying the land to the county,.they are in the position of…