Reid v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Quitman county. The facts are stated in the opinion. The right asserted by the bill is purely statutory. The constitution, sec. 160, has nothing to do with it, and, if it is not brought by the bill within § 3830 of the code, it cannot be maintained. The case of Ingersoll v. Jeffords, 55 Miss., 37, was held to be within the statute.
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From the chancery court of Quitman county. The facts are stated in the opinion. The right asserted by the bill is purely statutory. The constitution, sec. 160, has nothing to do with it, and, if it is not brought by the bill within § 3830 of the code, it cannot be maintained. The case of Ingersoll v. Jeffords, 55 Miss., 37, was held to be within the statute. The bill is fatally defective in not averring that the sole and only title of complainant was a tax title, and that it had been canceled. It is true that the bill shows that the complainant had a tax title (a perfect one it claims), but…
1Opinion of the CourtStockdale, J.
Appellee filed its bill of complaint in the chancery court of Quitman county to collect certain taxes alleged to be due it on lands situated in Quitman county (describing them), now owned by appellant, to which bill of complaint the defendants below (appellants here) demurred, which, being overruled, they appealed the cause to this court. Complainants allege, in their bill, that on October 3, 1881, the Memphis & Vicksburg Railroad Company purchased from G-win and Hemmingway, commissioners appointed by the chancery court of Hinds county in the case of Green v. Gibbs et al., 4,120 acres of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ingersoll v. JeffordsMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
3Cited by1 opinion
- Grenada Bank v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1925