Deniston v. Langsford

Grifein Smith, Chief Justice.

Deniston sought to eject Garland and Lillie Mae Langsford from Lots Five and Six, Block Nineteen, Niven’s Addition to the City of Bison. The defendants’ motion to transfer to equity was overruled and exceptions were saved.

Deniston’s claim of ownership rests upon the State’s deed executed by the Land Commissioner May 16, 1945.

It is conceded that title was in Lnla Culpepper who permitted the property to forfeit for the 1931 taxes. At the Collector’s sale in 1932 the lots were struck off to the State, with certification in 1984. They were included,in a confirmation…