Ricks v. Baskett
Mississippi Supreme Court
FroM the chancery court of Leflore county. HoN. WarreN CowaN, Chancellor. The land in controversy, situated in Leflore county, was sold, to the state for non-payment of taxes July 6, 1867. After that, and while the land was so held or claimed by the state, it was, in 1870, sold to the liquidating levee board for levee taxes claimed to be due thereon.
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FroM the chancery court of Leflore county. HoN. WarreN CowaN, Chancellor. The land in controversy, situated in Leflore county, was sold, to the state for non-payment of taxes July 6, 1867. After that, and while the land was so held or claimed by the state, it was, in 1870, sold to the liquidating levee board for levee taxes claimed to be due thereon. On February 19, 1873, the appellee, Mary G-. Bas-kett, purchased the levee board’s title and received a deed for the land from W. ELVassar, commissioner of the board. On October 25,1873, she applied to the circuit clerk of the county and obtained…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The appellee did not acquire anything by the conveyance made to her by the liquidating levee commissioner, in February, 1873, for he had nothing to convey, since the sale of the land to the liquidating levee board in 1870 was void because the land was then *254held by the state by virtue of the conveyance to it by Waites, tax collector, on the 6th of July, 1867, if on no other ground.
The appellee took nothing by the deed made to her by Martin, the circuit clerk, in October, 1873, because she was not “owner” of the land redeemed by her. Her only connection with the land was from the deed of the…
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