Sessions v. Doe ex dem. Reynolds
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Adams county; Hon. C. C. Cage, judge. John Doe, on the demise of James M. Reynolds, sued Richard Sessions and others, in ejectment for a tract of land in Adams county; to which, on the common order being entered into, the defendants plead not guilty.
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In error from the circuit court of Adams county; Hon. C. C. Cage, judge. John Doe, on the demise of James M. Reynolds, sued Richard Sessions and others, in ejectment for a tract of land in Adams county; to which, on the common order being entered into, the defendants plead not guilty. On the trial, the plaintiff read, in evidence to the jury, a regularly executed Spanish grant for two thousand arpens of land in favor of Ezekiel Forman, dated the 1st. of June, 1792 ; and a certificate of the survey of the lands therein granted by Carlos Trudeau, the then Spanish surveyor; this patent recited…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sharkey
This was an action of ejectment brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff. The plaintiff below claimed title under two Spanish grants legally and fully executed; one to Jane Rumsey, for 2000 arpens ofland, dated the 8th of October, 1787, and the other to Ezekiel Forman, professing to be for the same land granted to Jane Rumsey, bearing date the 1st of June, 1702, for 2000 arpens of land. The defendant below claimed title under a patent from the United States,- issued in 1823. The defendants only claim title to part of the land conveyed by the Spanish grants; or at least the…
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