Hicks v. Steigleman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Warren county, Hon. Geo. F. Bkown, Judge. The defendant in error brought her action of ejectment against the plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Warren county, to recover the possession of a lot of land in the city of Vicksburg, particularly described in the declaration,' and to sustain said action read on the trial in evidence, a deed made by Harman Stidger to Elizabeth Borman, conveying the property in controversy, ivith the usual…
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Error to the circuit court of Warren county, Hon. Geo. F. Bkown, Judge. The defendant in error brought her action of ejectment against the plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Warren county, to recover the possession of a lot of land in the city of Vicksburg, particularly described in the declaration,' and to sustain said action read on the trial in evidence, a deed made by Harman Stidger to Elizabeth Borman, conveying the property in controversy, ivith the usual covenants of general warranty of title, and bearing date the 3rd da3>' of March, 1847. Also a deed from Elizabeth Borman,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeytoN, C. J.
On the 8th day of December, 1869, Martha M. Hicks brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Warren county, against Magdaline Steigleman, to recover possession of a certain lot of land in the city of Vicksburg, •particularly set out and described in the declaration.
Upon an issue joined upon the plea of not guilty, the plaintiff read in evidence a deed made by Harmon Stidger to Elizabeth Borman, conveying said lot of land, with a covenant of general warranty of title, on the 13th day of .March, 1817, for valuable consideration. This deed was duly acknowledged and recorded.
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