Merchants & Manufacturers Bank v. State

The Merchants and Manufacturers Bank of Ellisville, Mississippi, and the Tidewater Associated Oil Company filed the original bill of complaint herein under Chapter 309, Laws 1940, to quiet and confirm their title -to- 340 acres of land in the First Judicial District of J ones County-and the- oil, gas and mineral lease thereon, respectively, as against the State of Mississippi, which had patented the land to- certain predecessors in title of the complainants, and also against Marie J. Black as- owner of the land at the time the same was sold to the State for taxes on September 16, 1935, for…