Phipps v. Tarpley
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error to the Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Hon. E. Cv Henry, judge. Cited Sedgwick on Damages, 431-462; Rawle on Covenants, 480-568. Cited Soy v. Taliaferro, 8 S. & M. 727; Glenn v. Thistle, 1 Cushm. 42.
1Opinion of the CourtEisher, J.
This was an action in the Circuit Court of Yazoo county, to recover the amount of two promissory notes, made by the plaintiff in error to the defendant in error.
The defendant offered to prove on the trial, that the notes were given to secure the balance due on account of a tract of land, sold by the plaintiff to the defendant; that the plaintiff conveyed the *434tract of land, with covenants of general warranty ; that as to part of the tract he had no title at the time of the sale — had acquired none since — and that the land was in the adverse possession of another person, claiming and holding…
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