Wilkinson v. Steele

Wilkinson, who was complainant below, was the owner of the forty acres of land involved in this' litigation when the land sold to the State of Mississippi the first Monday in April, 1935, for delinquent taxes for the year 1934. Appellees, who were respondents to the bill, are the purchaser from the State and those claiming through such purchaser. Wilkinson sought to set aside the sale and the patent and the subsequent conveyances on the grounds (1) the assessor failed to attach to the roll his affidavit as required by Section 9785, Mississippi Code 1942; (2) the advertisement of the sale did…