McCoy v. McRae

This summary proceeding was instituted by the appellee, as plaintiff, Dr. B. J. McRae, against the appellant, as defendant, R. G-. McCoy, before a Justice of the Peace, under Section 948, Code of 1942, to obtain possession of a certain residential house and lot in the Town of Quitman, Mississippi, upon the theory that the relation of landlord and tenant existed between the parties in that defendant continued in possession of the property as a tenant at will or at sufferance after the plaintiff had become the purchaser thereof at a foreclosure sale under a deed of trust executed by the…