Pearce v. Tharp
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. W. M. Denny, Jr,, Chancellor. Bill by F. M. Pearce, Jr., against J.1 H. Tharpe and others. Motion to strike out evidence and grant a judgment dismissing the bill sustained, and complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellant filed a bill in the chancery court of Harrison county, alleging that he is the owner in fee simple of a tract of land situated in Harrison county, Miss., being known, designated, and described as lot 49 of the G-ottschalk survey of the Claude Ladner claim or grant, in township 8 south, range 11 west, and by virtue of his ownership in fee simple his right of possession to this tract of land accrued on the 11th day of *109November, 1912; that the tract of land above described is one of a series of fifty-six lots measured from west to east into which the Claude Ladner claim was…
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