71 Miss. 22 | Miss. | 1893
delivered the opinion of the court.
The conveyance to Hemingway by Jelks was not in execu
By his purchase he became co-tenant with fourteen others (plaintiffs), and, in purchasing the tax-title from Buckley, merely extinguished it for the benefit of all the owners, and the extent of his right as to this is to charge the cost on the common property.
That he was not in possession does not make any differerence. A co-owner, whether in or out of possession, may not buy and hold a tax-title against other co-tenants.
Reversed and remanded.