SANTA CRUZ v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

No. 39529.

223 Miss. 617 (1955)

78 So.2d 900

SANTA CRUZ v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clare S. Hornsby, John Sekul, Louis Hengen, Biloxi, for appellant.

Amy Burkett, Ocean Springs; John W. Bryan, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana, for appellees.


GILLESPIE, J.

This is a suit to confirm a tax sale. The chancellor held the tax sale void on two grounds: (1) Because no notice of the expiration of the period of redemption was given appellee's predecessor in title who held a recorded deed of trust on the lands, and which deed of trust had not been cancelled of record; and (2) because the lands involved constituted one contiguous tract owned by the same person, and were...

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