Hardy v. Hartman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. Hon. J. B. Ohrisman, Judge. This is an action of ejectment, brought by F. H. Hartman, to recover of J. C. Hardy and others a certain tract of land. The plaintiff, in support of his claim of title, put in evidence a patent from the State to himself, dated October 1,1885, and conveying the land sued for.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. Hon. J. B. Ohrisman, Judge. This is an action of ejectment, brought by F. H. Hartman, to recover of J. C. Hardy and others a certain tract of land. The plaintiff, in support of his claim of title, put in evidence a patent from the State to himself, dated October 1,1885, and conveying the land sued for. And the defendants, in defence of their claim of title, adduced in evidence, as the bill of exceptions recites, “A certified copy taken from the records of the office of the Swamp Land Commissioner of the State, showing that the lands in…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
It is not necessary to dispose of this case, to enter the field of observation or discussion suggested by the name of the Pearl Hiier Navigation and Improvement Company. It is not shown by the record that the company ever made or filed the bond required by law, as the foundation of its right or title to the land in controversy, nor does it appear from the record, that any patent signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary of State, was ever issued to the company, for the land in question, or for any land.
The act of 1811, by which the company was created, did not…
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