Osborn v. Harrison

HAWKINS, Justice,

for the Court:

Paul B. Osborn and his wife Mildred M. Osborn have appealed from a decree of Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Hinds County cancelling a tax deed to them for 40 acres.

The only issue we address on this appeal is whether the chancellor erred in holding Lamar Allen Harrison and his wife Marceil Harrison, the holders of the record title, made a reasonable effort to redeem the land within the two-year redemption period. We find the chancellor was correct, and affirm.

On November 24, 1976, Robert W. Hines and his wife conveyed 200 acres of land in the…