BOWSER v. TOOTLE

No. 07-CA-58759.

556 So.2d 1373 (1990)

Albert BOWSER, Jr.; the Unknown Heirs at Law, and any and All Other Persons Having or Claiming Any Rights, Title or Interest in and to the Property of and/or the Estates of Mary Frances DeMetz, a/k/a Mollie DeMetz, Deceased; and the Unknown Heirs at Law; and Any and All Other Persons Having or Claiming Any Rights, Title or Interest in and To the Property of and/or the Estates of Adolph C. DeMetz, Deceased v. Ella DeMetz TOOTLE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm F. Jones, Pass Christian, for appellants.

Harold J. DeMetz, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ANDERSON and BLASS, JJ.


BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

This is a dispute over the ownership of land. The seminal source of the problem was a conveyancing error resulting in an erroneous description on the assessment rolls and, consequently, an erroneous description in a tax sale. The sale was confirmed against those holding the last deeds of record under the erroneous description but against no one else. The Bowser title here depends on the erroneous description and on the tax sale and must...

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