Hamilton v. Brownsville Gaslight Co.

This is a hill to foreclose a deed of trust made by the light company, and to remove a cloud upon the title to a part of the property embraced in the deed of trust, caused by a tax deed made by the clerk of the circuit court of Haywood county to the defendant Brownsville Cotton Oil Company.

The chancellor gave judgment for the amount of the debt, $4,247, and a decree to foreclose the deed of trust, but dismissed the bill as to the property held by the oil company under the tax deed. Complainants prayed an appeal from so much of the decree as refused them the relief as against the tax deed of…