Burchell v. Cope

STEWART, Judge.

Petitioner, T. T. Burchell, seeks an order in the nature of mandamus to compel entry of a judgment in his favor in the case of T. T. Burchell v. Samuel Plammons et al., labeled Civil Action No. 124 in the Clay Circuit Court. This was a complaint filed by petitioner against the Hammons on May S, 1954, seeking to quiet title and to obtain damages because of their interference with the possession of lands he claimed to own. This complaint was dismissed on the ground that the judgment on which it was based (a tax sale proceeding) was void, the lower court being of the view that the…