Silver Creek Co. v. Hutchens

The appellant, Silver Creek Company, filed its hill of complaint against A. R. Hutchens, chancery clerk of Humphreys county, the state of Mississippi, R. D. Moore, state land commissioner, T. L. Gilmer, sheriff and tax collector of Humphreys county, and the hoard of Mississippi levee commissioners, seeking to set aside and cancel an alleged void tax sale of lands owned by the appellant, for the state, county, and levee taxes due thereon for the year 1930.

The hill of complaint alleged that the appellant was the owner of large tracts of land located in Humphreys county, Mississippi; that for…