Hamner v. Yazoo Delta Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe cliancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Cliancellor. Suit by the Yazoo Delta Lumber Company against "William M. Hamner et al. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tbe cliancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Cliancellor. Suit by the Yazoo Delta Lumber Company against "William M. Hamner et al. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. On the 24th of June, 1909, the appellee the Yazoo Delta Lumber Company, exhibited its bill in the chancery court of Sunflower county against the appellants to cancel as a cloud upon its title the claim of title asserted by the appellants. The complainant traced the title, which it is conceded is a good title, unless divested by a tax…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLean, J.
This is a suit brought by the Tazoo Delta Lumber Company in the chancery court of Sunflower county against the appellants for the purpose of removing clouds from complainant’s title. The complainant alleges that it is the legal and equitable owner of the lands described in the bill, and further charges that the defendants are asserting some kind of claim or interest in and to the lands, that the claims of the said defendants are not valid, and that they have no title whatever to said lands, but *414that the title and interest claimed by defendants operate as a cloud upon the title of complainant.…
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