Newton v. Long
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. T. A. Wood, Chancellor. Suit by J. H. Long, against J. H. Newton. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. T. A. Wood, Chancellor. Suit by J. H. Long, against J. H. Newton. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The estate embraced in the lease from Hode to Leath-■erbury, which passed on down to the Standard Naval Stores Company, is not in existence and was absorbed before the execution of the lease of Hode to Newton, .appellant, authorizing him to back-box or cup the timber .on said land. Pine timber is round before it has been boxed or worked for turpentine. When boxed,…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Appellee obtained a decree against appellant for eighty-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents, the value of turpentine taken by appellant from trees included in a lease held by appellee.
Appellant contends that appellee had no right to recover, because the lease in question was not owned by him; it having been included in a sale of leases by a former owner to the Standard Naval Stores Company, a corporation, evidenced by an instrument of writing duly executed and recorded, and it never having been conveyed in writing by that company. It is in testimony that the former owner, Levi Anderson, did…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hancock County v. Imperial Naval Stores Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Jones v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1913