Jordan v. W. C. Griffin Land Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Forrest county. Hon. Y. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Suit by the W. C. Griffin Land Company against F. H. Jordan. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. A certified copy of the tract book and a certified copy of the patent were introduced in evidence and were in hopeless conflict as to the Southeast quarted of section 7, township 2, north, range 13, West.
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Appeal from chancery court of Forrest county. Hon. Y. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Suit by the W. C. Griffin Land Company against F. H. Jordan. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. A certified copy of the tract book and a certified copy of the patent were introduced in evidence and were in hopeless conflict as to the Southeast quarted of section 7, township 2, north, range 13, West. The chancellor adopted the certified copy of the tract book as the evidence of the title, and ignored the patent, and made the statement that in his opinion, if the entry and location were validly made, it…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
W. C. Griffin Land Company filed a bill against F. H. Jordan to cancel the claim of F. H. Jordan to the North West quarter of the South East quarter and the South East quarter of the S'outh East quarter of section 7, township 2, N., range 13, W., claiming that the complainant was the owner of the said lands and deraigned its title from the United States of America to the state of Mississippi under the Swamp and Overflowed Land of Congress of the 28th of September, 1850 (U. S. Comp. St. sections 4958-4960), and alleged that the state of Mississippi, by legislative enactment approved March 16,…
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