Mississippi Supreme Court, 1894

Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. McLarty

Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 15, 1894 · Cooper

71 Miss. 755

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Houston Bros. v. Lenhart (Miss. 1924)
Reynolds v. Wilkinson (Miss. 1919)

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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.

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