Ladd v. Craig
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe chancery court of, first district, Yalobusha county. Hon. Isaac T. Blount, Chancellor. Craig and others, appellees, "were complainants in the court below. Mrs. Ladd, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree in complainants’ favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From tbe chancery court of, first district, Yalobusha county. Hon. Isaac T. Blount, Chancellor. Craig and others, appellees, "were complainants in the court below. Mrs. Ladd, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree in complainants’ favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. It was not the duty of the administrators to preserve court papers; it was the duty of the clerk to do so, and the fact that the papers are missing is no evidence of negligence upon the part of the administrators, or the purchaser of the lands. Neither the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bletciher, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellees, who are children of William B. Craig, deceased, bring their suit for an injunction against appellant to restrain her from prosecuting an action of ejectment against tenants of appellees in possession of certain lands situated in Yalobusha county.
Both parties to the controversy deraign title from William B. Craig, who owned the land at the time of his death, in 1869. In November, 1871, Moore and Green were appointed administrators of the estate, and some time thereafter exhibited their bill in the chancery court, making all the heirs,…
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