Means v. Haley
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. Carey C. Moody, Chancellor. Mrs. Haley, the appellee, was complainant, and Means and others, appellants, defendants in the- court below. From a decree in complainant’s favor the defendants appealed to the supreme court. Mrs. Haley filed her bill in the chancery court of Leflore county, against appellants and all persons having or claiming any interest in the lands described in the bill, to quiet her tax title to said land.
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From the chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. Carey C. Moody, Chancellor. Mrs. Haley, the appellee, was complainant, and Means and others, appellants, defendants in the- court below. From a decree in complainant’s favor the defendants appealed to the supreme court. Mrs. Haley filed her bill in the chancery court of Leflore county, against appellants and all persons having or claiming any interest in the lands described in the bill, to quiet her tax title to said land. Her bill shows the chain of title of both complainant and defendants as follows- — to wit: A patent from the United States…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
This case is controlled by the decision of this court in Paxton v. Valley Land Company, 68 Miss., 739 (10 South., 77), and we decline to disturb the rule of property which has grown out of that case. The intent of the legislature in enacting the several laws germane to this matter was to validate the title and make secure the possession of that large class of property owners in the delta of our state who hold under various sales for taxes made in years past. It certainly should not be the policy of the courts to disturb titles so quieted on account of any difference of opinion merely as to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Paxton v. Valley Land Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by1 opinion
- Outlaw v. MayoMississippi Supreme Court · 1885