Henderson v. Still
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Appellant brought an action of ejectment against the appellee in the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County to recover possession of certain lands situated in said county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Appellant brought an action of ejectment against the appellee in the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County to recover possession of certain lands situated in said county. Appellant claims title through successive conveyances, emanating from a decree of the Chancery Court of Wilkinson County, rendered on the 24th of October, 1876, in a suit in which N. Leopold & Co. were complainants, and the appellee was one of the defendants. In the chancery proceeding which was to subject this land to the payment of a claim of…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The appellee lost her right to claim homestead exemption by not asserting it in the chancery suit. Miller v. Sherry, 2 Wall. 237.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Miller v. SherrySupreme Court of the United States · 1865
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