Kerr v. Farish
Mississippi Supreme Court
. Error to the Circuit Court of Rcmldn County. Hou. Wm.' M. HaNCooic, Judge. • The facts necessary to a full understanding of this case will be found in the opinion of the court. • The following errors tire assigned, to wit: 1. The court erred in overruling plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. 2. In ruling out certain evidence offered by plaintiff, to wit, the official list of’lands and the journals of the house of representatives intended to supply deed of Sidney Lacoste to…
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. Error to the Circuit Court of Rcmldn County. Hou. Wm.' M. HaNCooic, Judge. • The facts necessary to a full understanding of this case will be found in the opinion of the court. • The following errors tire assigned, to wit: 1. The court erred in overruling plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. 2. In ruling out certain evidence offered by plaintiff, to wit, the official list of’lands and the journals of the house of representatives intended to supply deed of Sidney Lacoste to the state. 8. In refusing 7th and 8th instructions asked by plaintiff, and in giving instructions asked by defendant. It…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
Mrs. Kerr, widow of James Kerr, brought ejectment against Farish to recover possession of lot 1, sec. 28, t. 5, r. 1 east, eighty acres in Rankin county. She claimed title under her husband, who held a patent from the state of Mississippi. She successfully derained her title from the United States government down to one Sidney Lacoste, by whom she claimed that the land had been conveyed to the state of Mississippi in payment of a debt due by him to the sinking fund previous to 1851. No deed from Lacoste to the state could be produced, but she alleged that one had been lost without having been…
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