Leiper v. Hoffman
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the southern district chancery court at Natchez; Hon. James M. Smiley, vice-chancellor. The complainant, a free woman of color, alleges in her bill, that, in 1834, she purchased a vacant lot in the city of Natchez, from one John R. Wells, for the sum of $175, and took immediate possession of it, and commenced .improvements upon it by erecting a dwelling-house, &c., at an expense of upwards of $1,500; that she continued to reside on the lot till May, 1845; that…
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In error from the southern district chancery court at Natchez; Hon. James M. Smiley, vice-chancellor. The complainant, a free woman of color, alleges in her bill, that, in 1834, she purchased a vacant lot in the city of Natchez, from one John R. Wells, for the sum of $175, and took immediate possession of it, and commenced .improvements upon it by erecting a dwelling-house, &c., at an expense of upwards of $1,500; that she continued to reside on the lot till May, 1845; that she paid the whole purchase-money for the lot and for the improvements out of means of her own; that she occupied and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
The bill in this case states, in substance, that the complainant, a free mulatto woman, purchased in the year 1834 from one Wells, in the city of Natchez, a vacant lot of ground, took possession and proceeded to have a dwelling-house built upon it, the cost of the lot being $175, and the improvements costing upwards of $1,500, all of which she paid out of her own means; that she resided on the premises until the year 1845, when she removed to-Cincinnati in Ohio, where she has since resided, during which time it was assessed as her property and she paid the taxes, and after her removal, she…
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