State v. Magnolia Bank

Holmes, C.

Appellee filed its original bill in the Chancery Court of Pike County against the appellant and others seeking to confirm and quiet its asserted title to the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 2, and the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 11, Township 2, Range 9 East, Pike County, Mississippi, under a tax forfeited land patent issued to it by the State of Mississippi under date of March 30,1939. The defendants named in the original bill, other than the State of Mississippi and the Humble Oil and Refining Company, having failed to plead to the…