McCulloch v. Stone
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. HoN. T. J. WhautoN, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The sale to the levee commissioners in May, 1872, was void, because the land was at the time on the State’s delinquent lists, held there under the sale of 1862, and ten years of valid State and county taxes had accrued against it while so held, notwithstanding that such sale was ineffectual to pass title to the State, because “ war taxes ”…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. HoN. T. J. WhautoN, Judge. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The sale to the levee commissioners in May, 1872, was void, because the land was at the time on the State’s delinquent lists, held there under the sale of 1862, and ten years of valid State and county taxes had accrued against it while so held, notwithstanding that such sale was ineffectual to pass title to the State, because “ war taxes ” were charged against the land at the sale along with other valid taxes. For ten years the tax collectors in their…
1Opinion of the Court · CooperCooper, C. J.
This is a petition for a mandamus against the auditor of the State, to require him to make to the petitioners a conveyance of the State’s title to certain lands. To the petition the auditor interposed a demurrer, which was sustained in the lower court, and from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
In the petition the following history of the title is given : In 1862 the lands were sold for the taxes of 1861 (including a military tax levied for the support of the armies of the Confederate States), and were bought by the State. In the years 1868 and 1872 the lands were sold for the…
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