STOCKSTILL v. BENNETT

No. 38531.

215 Miss. 417 (1952)

61 So.2d 154

8 Adv. S. 25

STOCKSTILL v. BENNETT, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Morse, for appellant.

G.B. Keaton and H.H. Parker, for appellees.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves the sufficiency of the description of certain lands in an assessment and tax sale. The Chancery Court of Pearl River County upheld the validity of the description when aided by parol evidence as authorized by Miss. Code of 1942, Secs. 9773 and 9775. The former statute provides that a failure to observe the requirements in making up the land rolls shall not vitiate any assessment "if the land...

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