Mays v. Deraney

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

In her original ejectment suit, the plaintiff alleged that she claimed title under a deed from John B. Mays dated November 4, 1926, and that the defendant claimed under cer tain conveyances in his possession and with which he is familiar, made by John B. Mays, who was their common grantor, subsequently to the deed above referred to. The defendant’s answer averred among other things: that he held title under a deed executed by the City of Jackson, the purchaser of the land in dispute at a tax sale; that he and his predecessor in…