Jones v. Rogers
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Stone Deavours, Chancellor. Rogers and others, appellees, were complainants in the court below; Jones and others, appellants, were defendants there. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill of complaint the defendants appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Stone Deavours, Chancellor. Rogers and others, appellees, were complainants in the court below; Jones and others, appellants, were defendants there. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill of complaint the defendants appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. [For the decision of a motion in the case, see Harrison County v. Rogers, ante. 578.] The whole case of appellees, as exhibited in this bill, rests upon, the assumption that the alleged sale by the United States marshal at Jackson on…
1Opinion of the Court
Houston,* J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a bill filed November 11, 1903, by appellees, William O. Rogers, et al., against J. T. Jones and Harrison county, and also against the five parties constituting the board of supervisors of said county, as individuals and as members composing said board, to remove clouds from the title of complainants to certain lots in Gulfport, Harrison county, upon which the county courthouse and jail have been erected, specifically praying that a deed from S. -S. Bullís to J. T. Jones, dated March 1, 1902, and one from J. T. Jones to said defendants,…
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