Legal Opinion

Ashley v. Young

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1901PublishedCited by 2 opinions

From the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. Patrice Henry, Judge. Young, the appellee, was the plaintiff in the court below; Ashley, appellant, was defendant there. The proceeding originated in an attachment for rent, based on an affidavit by Ashley, the landlord. The goods of Young were seized thereunder, and he instituted an action of replevin for their recovery. The facts are otherwise fully stated in the opinion of the court.

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From the circuit court of Claiborne county. Hon. Patrice Henry, Judge. Young, the appellee, was the plaintiff in the court below; Ashley, appellant, was defendant there. The proceeding originated in an attachment for rent, based on an affidavit by Ashley, the landlord. The goods of Young were seized thereunder, and he instituted an action of replevin for their recovery. The facts are otherwise fully stated in the opinion of the court. Ashley, after he became the owner of the land, could elect whether he would let the tenants stay on the place for the remainder of the year, and finish their…

1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.

Fred Miller died intestate in 1893, leaving heirs in Germany. Wagner qualified as his administrator, and rented out his lands *132for seven years preceding 1900.' In January, 1900, Wagner, for the purpose of paying the debts of the estate, rented the lands of the estate to Reitz for three bales of cotton, and a part of said land was subrented by Reitz to Sam Young. In April, 1900, the land was sold, by order of the court, to pay the debts of the estate, when it was purchased by M. M. Ashley. In the proceedings for the sale of the land the heirs were represented by counsel, who assisted in having…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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3Cited by2 opinions

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