Sage Land & Lumber Co. v. Hickey

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

This is a suit by the appellant, Sage Land & Lumber Co., to set aside a tax sale and clerk’s deed based thereon. The facts are undisputed.

Appellant owned the 40-acre tract which was wild and unimproved in November, 1944, when Appellee Jim Campbell purchased it at a sale for the 1943 taxes which had actually been paid by the appellant on March 16, 1944. A clerk’s tax deed was issued to Campbell on April 27,1948, and recorded on the same date. Campbell and wife deeded the land to appellee A. D. Hickey on May 10, 1948, and this deed was recorded on March 3, 1952.

Hickey…