Caruthers v. McLaran
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to tlie Circuit Court of Monroe County. Hon. J. A. Green, Judge. The defendant in error brought an action of ejectment, to recover of Thomas B. Caruthers and John R. Murphy the possession of a certain tract of land. R. Moore & Co., claiming to have purchased the land, on the 20th of January, 1877 from the individual owner thereof, were admitted to defend as landlords.
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Error to tlie Circuit Court of Monroe County. Hon. J. A. Green, Judge. The defendant in error brought an action of ejectment, to recover of Thomas B. Caruthers and John R. Murphy the possession of a certain tract of land. R. Moore & Co., claiming to have purchased the land, on the 20th of January, 1877 from the individual owner thereof, were admitted to defend as landlords. The plaintiff offered in evidence two deeds from the auditor of public accounts, dated, respectively, the 21st of 'October, 1876, and the 4th of January, 1877 ; to which the defendants objected, on the ground that the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.
The case was submitted to the court on the law and facts. The plaintiff claimed title by purchase from the State, and offered in evidence, first, a deed made by the auditor of public accounts, dated December 22, 1876, and a second deed to the same land, dated January 4, 1877. This deed differs in nothing from the first, except that it describes the land as being in range 6 east, and was intended to correct an erroneous description in the first, which placed the lands in range 6 west. That appears from the memorandum of the auditor of public accounts, indorsed on the back of both instruments.…
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