Lawrence v. Rankin

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• affirming the chancellor's decision to cancel the tax deed where chancery clerk did not furnish an affidavit demonstrating due diligence in attempting to serve the statutory tax-sale notice
• \The failure of the supporting affidavit renders the tax deed to Lawrence void.\
• “Rankin failed to redeem his land and the chancery clerk issued a ‘Chancery Clerk’s Conveyance, Land Sold for Taxes’ to Lawrence on October 20, 1998, thereby selling and conveying the land to Lawrence.”

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