Pipes v. Buckner
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Adams County. Hon D. N. Walker, Chancellor. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. 1. That irrespective of the technical question of “parol partition,” the agreement between James and Robert, which was in effect an agreement for division and possession with several ownership t as between them, when carried out by James paying the extra valuation, in equity and good conscience, estopped Robert from setting up title to “…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Adams County. Hon D. N. Walker, Chancellor. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. 1. That irrespective of the technical question of “parol partition,” the agreement between James and Robert, which was in effect an agreement for division and possession with several ownership t as between them, when carried out by James paying the extra valuation, in equity and good conscience, estopped Robert from setting up title to “ Franklin place,” and that Buckner, who is asserting claim for him, stands in no better attitude that he could occupy. 2…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. ■
Lewis Pipes had eight plantations, and several children. He settled his children, or some of them, on these plantations, and among them Robert Pipes was placed on a plantation called “Anchorage,” and James Pipes, another son, was permitted to occupy a plantation called “Franklin.” It was the expectation of these sons, and no doubt the purpose of the father, that title to “Anchorage ” would be vested in Robert, and to “Franklin ” in James, by act of the father, but he died intestate, not having conveyed title to the sons, or either of them, and…
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