Brown v. Clark

The appellant, T. R. Brown, filed this suit to confirm his tax title to the South East quarter of the North West quarter of section 2, township 7, range 11 W., Harrison county, Miss. Brown was the purchaser .of the land at a tax sale for the taxes of 1919. The assessment, sale, and deed by the tax collector were regular in all respects, and after the expiration of the statutory period of two years Brown filed this bill to confirm.

The appellee J. Preston Clark answered the bill, and alleged that the tax title was void for the reason that his predecessor in title, Nat Owen, purchased the land…