Federal Land Bank v. Newsom

Dissenting Opinion.

Ethridge, J.,

delivered a dissenting opinion.. I am unable to concur in the opinion of Judge Griffith, and I do not think the authorities cited, either in the original or the present opinion, support the conclusions arrived at by him. Those cases are either ones where the mortgagee has paid the taxes for the mortgagor, which he was under duty to pay, and for that reason has acquired a right or subrogation, or else they are based upon statutes different from the statutes and decisions of Mississippi.

It is the duty of the life tenant to pay the taxes, and the remaindermen are…