Boddie v. Pardee

Citations

• 74 Miss. 13

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence. Land patents. Book of entries of issuance. Copies therefrom primcui'u evidence. Code 1892, \\ 1784.</p> <p>Under $ 1784, code 1892, certified copies from the book of entries in the office of the land commissioner of the state, showing the issuance of patents, are primary evidence, and admissible in the same manner and with the same effect as the original patent.</p> <p>2. Tax Titles. Redemption. Limitation of act of 1888. Laws, p. 40.</p> <p>The act of March 2, 1888, entitled “An act to quiet and settle the title to certain lands in the Yazoo delta,” etc. (Laws, p. 40), relates entirely to title, and the right of the owner of lands sold for taxes to redeem the same within one year after attaining his majority, is not affected by the provision of said act barring all proceedings for the recovery of any of said lands against one who has occupied the same for twelve months after the passag-e of said act, under a deed from the commissioners in Oreen v. Oibbs, or the auditor’s deed designated in said act.</p>