Boone v. Dulion

Citations

• 80 Miss. 584

Syllabus

<p>1. Tax Deeds. Equity. Reformation.</p> <p>A tax collector’s deed cannot be reformed in equity.</p> <p>2. Same. Description. Must be valid as of date of the assessment.</p> <p>Where a tract of land in a certain township and range, as assessed for taxes, is not otherwise described than as bounded by lands owned by certain individuals, the assessment is void if, when it was made, the individuals mentioned owned no lands to which the description could be applied, although prior to the assessment they had owned such lands.</p>