Brown v. Guice
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Franklin connty. Ellis, Chancellor. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the court. I. The first assignment of error is well taken and sustained hy abundant authority. Story’s Ec[. PL 841, §874; 1 Hoff. Ch. Pr. 234; Pulton Bank v. Beach, 6 Wend. 42. 2. The second assignment of error is well taken.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Franklin connty. Ellis, Chancellor. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the court. I. The first assignment of error is well taken and sustained hy abundant authority. Story’s Ec[. PL 841, §874; 1 Hoff. Ch. Pr. 234; Pulton Bank v. Beach, 6 Wend. 42. 2. The second assignment of error is well taken. The bill seeks a confirmation of title to the undivided half interest of Mary A. Gruice; and the minority of the holder of the other undivided moiety, whose interest is not affected by the proceedings, is utterly immaterial to the defendants.…
1Opinion of the Court
Pevton, O. J. :
The tax collector of Franklin county, in the year 1864, sold a part of section 18, in township 7, of range 2, east,” containing one hundred and eighty acres, for the taxes due on said land for the year 1863. The land was assessed to the heirs of Mary A. Carney, deceased, and was purchased by Elijah W. Brown, at said tax sale. The said Brown in 1870 filed his complaint in the chancery court of said county of Franklin, against John K, Ghfi.ce and Mary A. Guice, to perfect his title to said land.
The said defendants answer the bill, denying a knowledge of the material allegations…
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