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Davis v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 4, 1896No. 431PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the. United States for the Southern District of Mississippi.

1Opinion of the Court

PABDEE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant brought his bill in the chancery court of the county of Adams, in the state of Mississippi, against Leander Hargrave, James L. Ligón, the New England Security Mortgage. Company, and others, to establish his equitable title to, and recover possession of, the one undivided half of the Homo Chitto plantation, situate in the said county of Adams, state of Mississippi. The defendants above named removed the cause to the circuit court for the Southern district of Mississippi, on the ground that the suit was one arising under the constitution and laws of the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Scott v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Scott v. NeelySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Marshall v. HolmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Case of Broderick's WillSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. Embry v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Anglo-American Land, Mortgage & Agency Co. v. LombardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  2. Cook v. FoleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  3. Armstrong Cork Co. v. Merchants' Refrigerating Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
  4. Highland Boy Gold Min. Co. v. StrickleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  5. Schoolfield v. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897

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