Schuman v. Martin

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellees, claiming ownership by inheritance from their mother, brought this suit to quiet their title to two city lots in Forth Smith and to cancel a State tax deed issued to the appellants in 1949. The defendants did not rely upon their tax deed as being valid, but they did assert title as a result of having paid the taxes for more than seven successive years. After a trial the chancellor entered a decree granting the relief sought by the plaintiffs, subject to their reimbursing the defendants for the amount of their tax payments, with interest. For reversal…