Macrae v. Lowrey
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. A. McO. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Lowrey and another, appellees, were complainants in the court below; Macrae and others, appellants, were defendants there.
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Prom the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. A. McO. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Lowrey and another, appellees, were complainants in the court below; Macrae and others, appellants, were defendants there. Appellees filed their bill in this case in the chancery court, claiming that they were the owners by purchase from George W. Jamison of an undivided one-third interest in certain lands now in Quitman, but before the formation of that county, in Tunica county, and that defendants were claiming to be the owners of the entire interest in all of said lands by a title which was void and of no effect…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
The appellees claim title to a one-third interest in the land in controversy from George W. Jamison, while the appellants claim it from William T. Jamison and Alfred LI. Jamison. These three men are brothers, and all sons of William E. Jami-son, deceased. The rights of the parties are dependent on the legal construction of the will of their father, as applied to the facts. The first clause'in this will of William E. Jamison contains the following words:
“I give, devise, and bequeath to my three sons, William T. Jamison, Alfred LL Jamison, and George W. Jamison, and to their heirs, all my lands…
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