59 So. 852 | Miss. | 1912
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant filed her bill to confirm a tax title to certain land in Rankin county. She claimed under a patent issued by the state in 1907, and averred that the state acquired title through a sale in 1868 for the taxes of 1867. Annexed to the bill as an exhibit is a certified extract from the list of lands, in Rankin county, sold to the state in 1868 for the taxes of 1867, and which extract
The validity of the tax title in this case is determinable by the Revised Code of 1857. Article 36 of chapter 3 of that Code requires that the tax collector shall convey the land struck off to the state by a deed acknowledged in due form before the clerk of the probate court. Article 39 requires the tax collector to file all deeds for land sold to the state in the office of the clerk of the probate court, there to remain for two years from the date of the sale, unless sooner redeemed. And article 45 provides that after two years from the date of sale of any land for taxes, if unredeemed, the same shall vest in the purchaser thereof, and the probate clerk shall record all deeds for lands purchased by the state and then transmit the same to the auditor. It is well settled in this •state that the requirements of the law providing for sale •of property for failure to pay taxes must be strictly complied with. It is necessary for appellant in this case to show the validity of the tax title under which she claims.
Affirmed.