Learned v. Corley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Copiab county. McNair, J. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court- The plaintiff in error assigned the following errors : 1st. The judgment of said circuit 'court should have been for the plaintiff. 2d. The judgment of said court for Rufus F. Learned should have been for half of the land sued for. 3d. No judgment should have been given for the defendant. 4th.
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Error to the circuit court of Copiab county. McNair, J. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court- The plaintiff in error assigned the following errors : 1st. The judgment of said circuit 'court should have been for the plaintiff. 2d. The judgment of said court for Rufus F. Learned should have been for half of the land sued for. 3d. No judgment should have been given for the defendant. 4th. No judgment should have been given for the value of improvements. 5th. Said court erred in overruling the objection to the admission of evidence of tbe v alue of the improvements, 6th.…
1Opinion of the Court
Tarbell, J.:
This is an action of ejectment, commenced in 1858, for the recovery of a parcel of land particularly described in the declaration. No claim is made for mesne profits either in the declaration or proof. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice therewith of a claim for valuable improvements. The cause was tried at the October term of the circuit court of Copiah county, 1866, resulting in a verdict thus stated in the record: We, the jury, find for the plaintiff', Rufus E. Learned, an undivided one-third of the land in the declaration mentioned, and assess the value of…
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