Ponder v. Richardson

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This appeal is a controversy between the tax title purchaser (appellant) and the original landowners (appellees). The fractional northwest quarter of section 8, township 15, range 1 in Lawrence county contains 149.46 acres according to government survey; so the west one-third of the fractional northwest quarter of section 8 contains a total of 49.82 acres. Under that last-mentioned description — i. e., “W 1/3 Frl. NW 14 section 8, 49.82 acres,” etc. — the land forefeited to the State for the nonpayment of taxes for the year 1941. In due time the State received a deed,…