Mississippi Supreme Court March 15, 1907 (Barker v. Jackson)

Whitfield, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The deed from the tax collector, made in 1885 for the taxes of 1884, to Chancery Clerk Blann, was void. The chancery 'clerk could not, in view of his duties in respect to tax conveyances to individuals under Code 1880, §§ 524, 531, 532, become a purchaser at a tax sale.