Smith v. Anderson

The appellants seek to have canceled as clouds upon their title to an undivided interest in more than 400 acres of land in Yazoo County, Mississippi, certain tax deeds which purported to convey all of the land to Dr. D. Seward pursuant to tax sale thereof made on August 7, 1933, for the unpaid taxes thereon for the year 1932; also, a deed executed by Seward in favor of the appellee J. R. Anderson, Jr., on August 101, 1936, conveying the land to him for a cash consideration of $259.66, representing the amount paid by Seward at the tax sale, together with damages, interest and costs, and the…