State v. Gardner

This suit was brought by Mrs. Winnie M. Gardner and tbe beirs-at-law, of wbicb sbe was one, of D. A. Wilkinson, deceased, against tbe State of Mississippi, the State Land Commissioner, the Attorney General, the California Company as lessee, three individuals as lessees, and the devisees and grantees of Robert York, deceased, seeking a cancellation of a forfeited tax land patent from tbe State to Mrs. Winnie W. Gardner, and seeking a cancellation of tbe claims of tbe devisees and grantees of Robert York and leases held by the California Company on forty acres of land in Smith County.

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