American Portland Cement Co. v. Certain Lands

American Portland Cement Company, a corporation, prosecutes this appeal to reverse a decree of the chancery court refusing to confirm its tax title to certain lands. The petition to confirm the tax title to the lands was. filed under the provisions of §§ 8379-8392 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, and is in statutory form. What purports to be two tracts of land are involved. The assessment book showed one tract described as follows: “Pt. west half of the northeast quarter of section 2(8, township 12 south, range 32 west, containing 11.48 acres.” The other tract was assessed separately, and is…