Wilkerson v. Harrington
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Chickasaw county. Hon A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Bill by S. A. Wilkerson against C. C. Harrington and others. From a decree, Wilkerson appeals and Har■rington cross-appeals. Appellant, Wilkerson, exhibited a hill in chancery against appellees to cancel certain tax deeds executed by the sheriff of Chickasaw county to appellees and embracing four hundred and eighty acres of unimproved lands.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Chickasaw county. Hon A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Bill by S. A. Wilkerson against C. C. Harrington and others. From a decree, Wilkerson appeals and Har■rington cross-appeals. Appellant, Wilkerson, exhibited a hill in chancery against appellees to cancel certain tax deeds executed by the sheriff of Chickasaw county to appellees and embracing four hundred and eighty acres of unimproved lands. The lands involved are described as the' east half of the southeast quarter of section' 22, the southwest quarter of section 26, the northeast quarter of section 27, and…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
(After stating the facts as above-). The proof shows without conflict that the lands in sections 22 and 27 join on the sides and are admittedly contiguous. It is further shown that all the lands involved in this suit, as well as the two forties in section 22 belong to and were assessed to the one owner, appellant Wilkerson. There is no merit in the point that a public road would be sufficient to separate the lands in section 22 and,the lands in section 27, so as to make them two separate tracts. There is no question, then, about the lands in sections 22 and 27 forming a part of the same…
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