Price v. Slagle

The plaintiffs are the owners of the lands in controversy under a chain of title connecting with State Grant No. 3276, unless the defendant has acquired title to the locus in quo under the tax sale to Siler. It is a fair interpretation of the record that the introduction by the plaintiff of the tax deed from Dean, tax collector, to Siler, and the affidavit appearing of record and the deed without warranty from Siler to the defendant were treated as a method of showing that the defendant claimed the title under a common source. the defendant introduced this tax deed, the Siler affidavit and…