Beard v. Stanley

Lee Beard filed his original bill in the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, making both the State of Mississippi and Mrs. Fannie Stanley parties defendant thereto, and seeking to confirm tax titles to 240 acres of land in Wayne County, Mississippi. Complainant purchased 80 acres of this land from the State, under a forfeited tax land patent, on March 23rd, 1943, and purchased the remaining 160 acres from the State in a similar manner on May 4, 1943. The lands had been sold to the State on the third Monday of September, 1938, for the taxes due thereon for the fiscal year 1937. The…