Griffin v. Dogan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lee county. Whitfield, Chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the case. Insisted that the bill is in strict conformity with the statute, and the defendants had full opportunity to show, if they could, that any of the objections to the sale existed which are recognized in the statute, as the only grounds for invalidating the tax sale, under which the appellant claims. The grounds of demurrer are clearly insufficient.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Lee county. Whitfield, Chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the case. Insisted that the bill is in strict conformity with the statute, and the defendants had full opportunity to show, if they could, that any of the objections to the sale existed which are recognized in the statute, as the only grounds for invalidating the tax sale, under which the appellant claims. The grounds of demurrer are clearly insufficient. The first states matter not appearing on the face of the' bill. The second is founded on the decision in Griffin v. Mixon,…
1Opinion of the Court
Simrall, J.:
Joseph Griffin sued in chancery, under the act of 10th February, 1860, “for the better security of titles to lands held and claimed under tax .sale and tax-title,” to establish and confirm a title derived mediately to him from a tax collector’s sale, and deed. He states in his bill that he entered or bought the land in question from the state, and received a deed therefor, the 6th of August, 1868. The land was sold to the.state on the 8th of July, 1862, for the non-payment of taxes assessed and due thereon for the year 1861. - There was no fraud or mistake in the assessment and…
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