McLaran v. Moore

Citations

• 60 Miss. 376

Syllabus

<p>Taxes. Purchase of land within period for redemption. Purchaser’s. lien for reimhursement. Sect. 1718, Code of 1880.</p> <p>Where land, held by the State for taxes legally due thereon, was purchased, (under the Code of 1871) from the auditor of public accounts within the period allowed the.original owner for the redemption thereof, the purchaser,, who got no title, has, under sects. 1718, Code of 1871, and 636, Code of 1880, a lien upon the land for the money paid out in his purchase and for the taxes-of subsequent years, and for damages and costs, except, that if the original* owner, in such case, made application to the auditor, within the period, allowed him for redemption, to pay the taxes due on the land, the purchaser’s-right to reimbursement must be restricted to the amount which the owner would have been required to pay in redeeming the land, with interest thereon, at six per cent per annum.</p>