Moseley v. Moon

January 5, 1939, appellant (plaintiff below) filed suit in ejectment in the Jackson circuit court against appellee (defendant below) for possession of certain town lots and the rents accruing therefrom. The property was described as “lots 10, 11 and 12 of block 21 W of the town of Swifton, Jackson county, Arkansas.” He based his right to recover upon a tax deed from the state of Arkansas, dated May 1, 1936, alleging that the state acquired title to the lots by forfeiture and sale for the nonpayment of the taxes for the year 1931, and under the further claim that the state’s title to said…