Bluford v. Parsons

Appellee brought suit in ejectment to recover possession of an eighty-acre tract of land, which suit was, by consent, transferred to the chancery court. Appellee claimed title through a deed from the State Land Commissioner dated December 16, 1935. The deed was based upon a forfeiture to the state for the nonpayment of the taxes due thereon for the year 1931.

The cause was submitted and heard upon an agreed statement of facts, which was copied into the decree. It recites that appellants were put in possession of the land under a parol gift from their ancestor in 1922, and had since remained in…