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Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. McLarty

Mississippi Supreme Court
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. McLarty, 71 Miss. 755 (Miss. 1894)
Cooper

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. McLarty

Opinion of the Court

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

There is an absence of anv evidence of title in complain*757ant. The list of lands sold to the state for taxes was the foundation of the title it claims to hold, and was essential to be introduced or proved. Clymer v. Cameron, 55 Miss., 593 ; Weathersby v. Thoma, 57 Ib., 296.

Decree affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. v. J. W. McLarty
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2 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Tax-title. List of lands sold to state. Evidence of title. Tn a suit by a vendee of the state to confirm a tax-title, the validity of which is denied by the answer, if the collector’s list o£ lands sold to the state is not produced, complainant must fail. Weathersby v. Thoma, 57 Miss., 290.
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