Reed v. Heard
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. N. A. Taylor, Judge. Suit by John A. Reed against 3. P. Heard. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The plaintiff below, appellant here, introduced the tax collector’s deed, which is under section 1983, Mississippi Code 1906, prima facie evidence that the assessment and sale of the land was legal and valid.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. N. A. Taylor, Judge. Suit by John A. Reed against 3. P. Heard. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The plaintiff below, appellant here, introduced the tax collector’s deed, which is under section 1983, Mississippi Code 1906, prima facie evidence that the assessment and sale of the land was legal and valid. The record shows that counsel for the defendant below gave notice that he would introduce evidence to show the following assessments on land assessment roll 1900,…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The identical land involved in this suit was also involved in the case of Reed v. Heard, 97 Miss. 743, 53 South. 400, and the parties are the same. In this case this court held that tbe title to the land was vested in John A. Reed, the appellant then and now, under the facts disclosed by the record then before the court.
Appellant dismissed his suit in the circuit court, after he had gained it in this court, and afterwards instituted the instant case. On the trial the tax collector’s deed and the order of the board of supervisors, authorizing the sale of all delinquent lands, were introduced…
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