Dixon v. Doe ex dem. Lacoste
Mississippi Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment instituted in the circuit court of Adams county, by the defendant in error, for the recovery of a lot in the city of Natchez. The cause was tried in the court below on the following agreed facts, viz: “ John Dixon conveyed the land in question, being a lot in the city of Natchez, by deed, dated the 13th of September, A. D. 1836, for a full and valuable consideration, to John P. Campbell and his heirs in fee simple.
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This was an action of ejectment instituted in the circuit court of Adams county, by the defendant in error, for the recovery of a lot in the city of Natchez. The cause was tried in the court below on the following agreed facts, viz: “ John Dixon conveyed the land in question, being a lot in the city of Natchez, by deed, dated the 13th of September, A. D. 1836, for a full and valuable consideration, to John P. Campbell and his heirs in fee simple. “ Said John P. Campbell conveyed the said lot to James Shirley, for a full and valuable consideration, by deed, dated the 24th of October, A. D.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sharkey
The defendant in error brought ejectment against the plaintiff» in error for a lot of land in Natchez, and recovered judgment; to reverse which, the plaintiffs in error sued out their writ of error.
The facts contained in an agreed case are as follows, to wit; John Dixon was the original owner of the lot; on the 13th of September, 1386, he conveyed it to John P. Campbell, who-thereupon took possession but failed to have his deed recorded before the 25th of April, 1838, which was long after the proper-time for recording had elapsed.
On the 24th of October, 1836, Campbell conveyed to John…
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