Wilson v. Williams' Heirs
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Yazoo County. Hon. W. B. CuNNINGI-iam, Judge. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Yazoo County. Hon. W. B. CuNNINGI-iam, Judge. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. Errors are assigned as follows : 1. The court below erred in striking from the file the 2d and 3d pleas of defendant. 2. The court below erred in excluding from the jury the deed of I. W. Frequa, tax collector, to R. S. Holt, and the deed of K,. S. Holt to I. I. Michie, of the lands in controversy. 3. The court erred in excluding from the jury the original entry of the lands in controversy by James McLaren. 4. The court erred in sustaining the…
1Opinion of the CourtCi-ialmers, J.
This was an action of ejectment in circuit court of Yazoo county. Plaintiffs below (defendants in error) claimed under a patent from the United States government to their father, issued in 1840. Defendant below claimed under successive conveyances from E. S. Holt, who had tax title.
Holt’s tax title was void, but it afforded color of title to his sub-vendee, Iiowai’d, who went into actual possession under a deed from Holt’s vendee, Michie. The claim of defendants below was, therefore, that of an adverse possession under color of title, claimed to be rendered perfect by the statute of…
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