Stewart v. Cage
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Wilkinson County. Hon. H. S. Van Eaton, Chancellor. Children of a deceased heir of William Stewart, late of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, the appellees, who were omitted from a bill filed by the appellants, his other heirs, for partition of his land, successfully petitioned to be made-parties, on the ground that the deed of their parents, Charles C. and Catherine J. Cage, executed Feb. 22, 1839, by which their interest was supposed to pass…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Wilkinson County. Hon. H. S. Van Eaton, Chancellor. Children of a deceased heir of William Stewart, late of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, the appellees, who were omitted from a bill filed by the appellants, his other heirs, for partition of his land, successfully petitioned to be made-parties, on the ground that the deed of their parents, Charles C. and Catherine J. Cage, executed Feb. 22, 1839, by which their interest was supposed to pass to other heirs, was void, because it used the description, “ all our and each of our right, title, interest, estate,…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The deed was not void for uncertainty.
Reversed and remanded.
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