Massey v. Rimmer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of Attala county. Hon. C. H. Campbell, Judge. Ejectment by appellee against appellant. The laud in controversy, consisting of two hundred acres, was originally owned by one Riddle, -who conveyed it, in 1869, to D. B. Massey by a deed, which the latter withheld from record. Prior to his death, in 1871, Massey altered the deed by erasing the initials of his name as grantee, and inserting those of his wife.
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Prom the circuit court of Attala county. Hon. C. H. Campbell, Judge. Ejectment by appellee against appellant. The laud in controversy, consisting of two hundred acres, was originally owned by one Riddle, -who conveyed it, in 1869, to D. B. Massey by a deed, which the latter withheld from record. Prior to his death, in 1871, Massey altered the deed by erasing the initials of his name as grantee, and inserting those of his wife. This was for the purpose of vesting title in'her, as she testifies, because, she was dissatisfied with his having sold a place belonging.to her. Massey eouti.üued to…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
D. B. Massey, in his life-time, having erased his name from the deed which vested title in him, and inserted his wife’s name in the deed instead of his own, for the purpose of vesting the title in her, and she having held the land as owner by virtue of ’this arrangement, the statute of limitations commenced to run in her favor in the life-time of her husband, and continued uninterrupted by his death, and, after the lapse of ten years, perfected her title as against the heirs of her deceased husband. Hartman v. Nettles, 64 Miss., 495.
Affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
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