Long v. Stanley

Citations

• 79 Miss. 298

Syllabus

<p>1. ChaNObry Practice. Bill to remove clouds. Code 1892, $ 501. De-reignment of title.</p> <p>In a suit to remove clouds from title to lands, under code 1892, $ 501, requiring the dereig'nment of title by complainants, it is necessary for the complainant to show, either,</p> <p>(a) Title in himself from the government down, or</p> <p>(i>) Title in himself by adverse possession, or</p> <p>(c) Title in himself from the defendant, or</p> <p>(d) That the parties of the suit claim under a common source, the complainant having the better title from that source.</p> <p>2. Same. Tax titles. Assessment. Deed.</p> <p>Tax titles are independent and not derivative titles, and the party who assails them must show a right in himself to make the attack, and cannot rest on the mere facts that the land was assessed to him when sold and that he had a deed thereto from another, without showing that the deed invested him with title.</p>