Jamison v. Thompson

Decided October 15, 1888

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1888-10-15

Hon. Sylvanus Evans, Chancellor. The bill in this case, hied on the 1st day of June, 1888, by R. H. Jamison against E. M. Thompson and R. M. Bordeaux, states that, on the 1st day of March, 1886, the defendant Bordeaux, as sheriff and tax-collector, sold certain town lots in the city of Meridian and county of Lauderdale, for delinquent taxes of the years 1885 and 1886 ; and “that, at said sale, L. A. Rags-dale became the purchaser of said lots ; and that the said R. M..

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Cooper, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2The right of complainant to the land in controversy never became consummate because of the redemption by Thompson, who. claimed to be the owner thereof. It is not competent for complainant to draw into controversy the validity of the title of the. redemptionist, nor can he defeat the effect of the redemption by showing an outstanding paramount title. The statute declares that when lands have been sold for taxes “ the owner of such land, or any person for him, may redeem the same ” within a year from the date of the sale for taxes upon payment of' the-bid of the' purchaser and certain damages, Code 531. The redemption by Thompson prevented the inchoate right of comr*520plainant from ripening into title by lapse of time. Whether Thompson or Ragsdale was the real owner is not material since the redemption was for the benefit of the owner whoever he may be. The decree is affirmed.