Simpson County v. Floyd

There is involved in this case the title to 50.25 acres of land between Simpson County, appellant, and Mrs. M. O. Floyd, appellee. Mrs. Floyd brought ejectment against the county for possession of the land. The case was tried on the pleadings and proofs before the circuit judge, the parties having waived a jury trial. There is no dispute as to the material facts. The county made a loan to one James and his wife from its sixteenth section school funds and to secure the loan took a deed of trust on the land involved. James and his wife made default in the payment of the indebtedness, whereupon,…