Edwards v. Butler
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. Percy Bell, Chancellor. Edwards, the appellant, was complainant in the court below; Butler and others, the appellees, were defendants there. From a decree denying complainant all relief and dismissing his bill he appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. Percy Bell, Chancellor. Edwards, the appellant, was complainant in the court below; Butler and others, the appellees, were defendants there. From a decree denying complainant all relief and dismissing his bill he appealed to the supreme court. The complainant deraigned title as follows: The United States to the State of Mississippi, by acts of congress of July 4, 1836, and June 13, 1842, for school purposes in Chickasaw Cession, in lieu of sixteenth sections; State to Emma Edwards, by patent dated February 17, 1905; Mrs. Edwards to complainant,…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield., C. J.
The land in this case was granted to the state of Mississippi by Act Congress July 4, 1836 (5 Stat., 116, ch. 355), and Act Congress June 13, 1842 (5 Stat., 490, ch. 39), in lieu of six*184teenth section lands, for the use and benefit of schools in what is known as the “Chickasaw Cession.” These lands have since been known as the “Chickasaw school lands.” It is perfectly manifest that they were never subject to taxation; that there never existed any power anywhere to sell them for taxes, and hence all the tax titles set up in this record are absolutely null and void. These lands are held in trust…
2Cited by3 opinions
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