Legal Opinion

Heard v. Baird

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1866PublishedCited by 7 opinions

EeboR to tlie Circuit Court of Iiincls county. Hon. John "Watts, judge. The opinion of the pourt recites the facts of the case.

1Opinion of the CourtEllett, J.

The defendants in error brought their action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of Hinds county, against the plaintiff in error, to recover certain lands in said county. Yerdict was found in favor of the plaintiffs, and after a motion for a new trial was overruled, judgment was entered upon the verdict. The defendant below prosecutes this writ of error.

The view we are compelled to take of the case, renders it unnecessary for us to notice many of the interesting questions presented by the record. The jilaintiffs are the heirs-at-law of Felix W. Baird.. Having first shown the seisin of their…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Griffin v. SheffieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Smith v. Doe ex dem. OtleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1853

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pickett v. Buckner, Newman & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1871
  2. Freeman v. CunninghamMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Lockhart v. CamfieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Clayton Hinton v. Nate RolisonMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Littelle v. Creek Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1911

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