Weir v. Kitchens
Mississippi Supreme Court
Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Tippah County. Hon. W. D. Bbadeoed, Judge. The opinion of the court contains all the facts necessary to* a full understanding of the principles announced.
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Eeeoe to the Circuit Court of Tippah County. Hon. W. D. Bbadeoed, Judge. The opinion of the court contains all the facts necessary to* a full understanding of the principles announced. The errors assigned are : 1. The court erred in giving the second charge asked by defendants as to the duty of the board of supervisors. 2. The court erred in giving the 6th, 7th, and 10th charges-asked by defendants on the question of fraud. 3. In overruling plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. [The reporters find no briefs on file on either side.]
1Opinion of the CourtChalmees, J.
This was an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Tip-pah county. Plaintiff below, who is also plaintiff in error,, relied upon a tax .deed made 24th of March, 1873, under provisions of Revenue Law of April, 1872, acts of 1872, p. 1. Defendants showed various errors and irregularities which had crept into the proceedings, preceding and leading to the sale, the most serious of which was the failure of the tax collector to return the list of delinquent lands to the board of supervisors on the proper day. By the 1st section of the law this list is required to be returned on the first…
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