Barron v. Eason

Appellants, by their bill in this cause attack the legality of a tax sale to the state of a section of land located in Marion County and the validity of the title claimed by appellees under a state patent thereto. Appellants were grantees of the owner of the land at the time of the sale. Appellees say the tax sale was valid and they have a legal title under the state patent, but, if not, that they have a good title by adverse possession under Chapter 196, Laws of 1934, ¡Sec. 717, Code 1942. The chancellor decided in favor of appellees.

The first attack upon the legality of the tax sale is that…