Broadhead v. Jury

George Jury, at the time of his death intestate in 1929, was the owner of the SW% of the SE% of Section 7, Township 10, Range 7, in Clarke County, Mississippi. The appellees are his heirs at law. They claim to be the owners of the land as such heirs.

On September 18, 1939, the land purportedly sold for nonpayment of the taxes for the year 1938 and was bought at such sale by Tom Hendrix, who, on May 4, 1943, executed a quitclaim deed to the land to Mrs. W. S. Knight. On the same day Mrs. Knight executed a quitclaim deed to appellant Broadhead, reserving one-half of the mineral rights. On August…