Sawyer v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancéry Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. The title of appellee’s vendor was divested by previous tax forfeitures, occuring in 1871 and 1882, so that the ancestor of the vendor had no title at the time of his death which could pass to or vest in his heirs at law under the patent obtained by them in 1903. Hence neither appellee nor those under whom he claims to hold had any title at the time of collector’s sale in 1895. No title having since…
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancéry Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; 1. The title of appellee’s vendor was divested by previous tax forfeitures, occuring in 1871 and 1882, so that the ancestor of the vendor had no title at the time of his death which could pass to or vest in his heirs at law under the patent obtained by them in 1903. Hence neither appellee nor those under whom he claims to hold had any title at the time of collector’s sale in 1895. No title having since been acquired by them from the Federal Government or from the State, appellee was barred by the statute. Kirby’s Digest,…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
R. 'E. Lee Wilson brought suit against E. L. ' Sawyer in the chancery court of the Chickasawba District of Mississippi County, in this State, to quiet his title to a certain tract of land, described in his complaint, by setting aside a deed executed to the defendant by a county clerk, conveying such' tract to'him on account of his purchase thereof at a sale in the year 1895 of the tract in controversy and other lands returned delinquent and sold for the taxes of 1894. He admits the sale, the purchase by the defendant, and the execution of the deed, but insists that the sale is void for the…
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