Hampton v. Dodd

Appellant brought ejectment in the circuit court of Independence County against appellees to recover lots 1 and 2, block 61, in the School Addition to the city of Batesville, Arkansas, in which he relied upon a tax title purchased from the State as a basis of the action. It was alleged in the complaint that the lots were forfeited and purchased by the State for the nonpayment of the taxes of 1926, and that appellant bought them from the State in March, 1930; that appellees were in possession of the lots and refused to vacate same after notice and demand to do so. These allegations were…