Pennington v. Ritchie
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lincoln county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by W. E. Pennington against J. T. Ritchie. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated, in the opinion of the court, A deed of conveyance from Ritchie to Pennington,, properly executed and delivered, precludes Ritchie from recovering rent from any source in an action at law. The deed is regular in form and the description of the' land, perfect.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lincoln county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by W. E. Pennington against J. T. Ritchie. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated, in the opinion of the court, A deed of conveyance from Ritchie to Pennington,, properly executed and delivered, precludes Ritchie from recovering rent from any source in an action at law. The deed is regular in form and the description of the' land, perfect. The legal title to the land .was out of Ritchie and wife and was in Rockhold. Ritchie’s right to recover rent from Rockhold necessitated…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
D. B. Bockhold moved on a farm belonging to appellee about the 1st of January, 1909, under an agreement that appellee would sell him the land. About the latter part of March of the same year appellee, Ritchie, executed a deed for the land and delivered it to Rockhold. In the meantime appellant had moved upon the land and was a tenant of Rockold, as share cropper. It appears that some time after the deed had been delivered to Rockold by Richie (Richie says it was fifteen minutes after, while Rockold says it occurred the day following) Rockold informed Richie that he would not live on the land…
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