Stow v. Burkes

Appellant brought suit at law to recover possession of a 40-ac^e tract of land in Clay county. In reply to an intervention filed by George H. French, the cause was, on appellant’s motion, transferred to equity, where a decree was rendered dismissing the complaint as being without equity, from which decree is this appeal.

The land had forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of the 1928 general taxes due thereon. The sale was attacked upon various grounds, and its invalidity is not seriously questioned. The donation certificate was dated August 26, 1932, and it is admitted that appellant did…