PAYTON v. BLAKE

No. 04-758.

210 S.W.3d 74 (2005)

Cecil PAYTON, Appellant, v. Robert E. BLAKE, Elizabeth Blake, Glenda L. Rice, Clinton P. Rice, Jimmie T. Bond, Debra K. Bond, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenkins Law Firm, PLLC, by: N. Donald Jenkins, Jr., Alma, for appellant.

Batchelor & Batchelor, by: Fines F. Batchelor, Jr., Van Buren, for appellees Blake.

Naif Samuel Khoury, Fort Smith, for appellees Bond.

No brief filed for appellees Rice.


ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Cecil Payton appeals from a circuit court decree which invalidates the tax deed granted to him after he purchased the land at a tax sale held for delinquent taxes. He contends that the circuit court erred in concluding that the legal description in the tax deed was void and that this made the deed void. We disagree with Payton and affirm the circuit court.

The facts are these. On December 7, 1995, Edith Mayo conveyed the...

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