Meredith v. Coker

Robertson, Associate Justice.

The appellant brought trespass to try title in the court below, and relied upon a tax title. He sought to prove that the jurisdictional prerequisites had been complied with in the sale, and for this purpose offered the tax roll. The land in controversy was the Jos. Shelton survey, and the roll, when offered properly, contained this name, but it was proven by counsel for both parties, and by the collector, and substantially admitted as a fact, that the roll had been changed since the institution of the suit from Josha, or Joshua, to Jos. Shelton. The survey listed…