Patterson v. McKay

The appellant challenges the soundness of the decree of the chancery court wherein a tax sale and donation certificate were held invalid, and title was confirmed in appellee.

No fault is found in the declaration that the sale for taxes was not in substantial conformity to law. But appellant relies upon a charge that the court was without jurisdiction. The defendant in this action was in possession, and, on account of his possession, he pleaded a lack of jurisdiction in the trial court to grant any relief to the plaintiff, by first filing a motion to dismiss, which being denied, he pleaded the…