Shattuck v. Daniel
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Golfax County. Hon. Austin Pollard, Chancellor. The facts in the case are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court. . It is assigned for error, as follows : 1. The cóurt erred in sustaining the demurrer of defendants to the bill of complaint. 2. The cdurt erred in dismissing the bill of complaint.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Golfax County. Hon. Austin Pollard, Chancellor. The facts in the case are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court. . It is assigned for error, as follows : 1. The cóurt erred in sustaining the demurrer of defendants to the bill of complaint. 2. The cdurt erred in dismissing the bill of complaint. Tbe 1st, 2d, and 3d grounds of tbe defendants’ demurrér, claiming that tbe tax sale in 1862,- for tbe taxes of 1861, was in aid of tbe rebellion, and void, is untenable. See Dogan v. Martin, 48 Miss., 11. The 4th ground is not well taken. There was a tax…
1Opinion of the Court
Simrajljl, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in chancery, brought by A. D. Shattuck, to confirm a tax title.
The bill alleges that on the 7th of July, 1862, the land was sold to the state for the taxes due thereon for the year 1861 ,- that the deed to the state was executed by the sheriff and tax collector on the 7th of July, 1862, which on the 10th of the same month was filed in the office of the probate clerk of Chickasaw county; that it remained on file, uncanceled, until the 18th of January, 1868, when it was recorded.
On the 2d of August, 1869, the same land was…
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