Wilson v. Sykes
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the Chancery court of Monroe county. Hon. Baxter McFarland, Chancellor. The land in controversy was sold in 1888 to pay the taxes due for the year 1887. At the time of its forfeiture it was owned by the heirs of James T. Wilson, Sr., as tenants in common, all of said heirs being of age except the complainants, the children of James T. Wilson, Jr., grandchildren of said James T. Wilson, Sr. The land was purchased at the tax sale by appellee, and the deed remained in the…
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From the Chancery court of Monroe county. Hon. Baxter McFarland, Chancellor. The land in controversy was sold in 1888 to pay the taxes due for the year 1887. At the time of its forfeiture it was owned by the heirs of James T. Wilson, Sr., as tenants in common, all of said heirs being of age except the complainants, the children of James T. Wilson, Jr., grandchildren of said James T. Wilson, Sr. The land was purchased at the tax sale by appellee, and the deed remained in the office of the chancery clerk for the time prescribed by law. The general period for redemption having expired, the said…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
The court decreed to the complainants the right of redeeming from the tax sale their full interest in the lands, and this was all to which they were entitled. The statute (code 531), after providing a right to the owner of lands sold for taxes to redeem within one year, saves “ to infants and persons of unsound mind, whose lands may be sold for taxes, the right to redeem the same within one year after attaining full age or sanity.”
The saving is to the infant to redeem his lands, and not the lands of another. It has reference to the estate or right of the infant which it preserves from final…
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