Jones v. Seward

The Abiaco Drainage District is composed of lands in Carroll, Leflore and Holmes Counties. The district was organized under Chapter 195, Laws of 1912, and acts amendatory thereto. Mrs. Jones, the appellant, owned four hundred acres of land in the district in Holmes County, all in a connected body. On the 5th day of April, 1941, the sheriff and tax collector of Holmes County sold the land for its delinquent drainage taxes. It was all bought in at the sale by the appellee Seward. Mrs. Jones filed her bill in the chancery court of Holmes County to set aside the sale upon three grounds. The bill…