Lumber Co. v. Cuave
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ingram-Diay Lumber Company v. Sustan Cuave. Appeal from the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. T. H. Barrett, Jhdge. Suit by Sustan Cuave against the Ingram Day Lumber Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Ingram-Diay Lumber Company v. Sustan Cuave. Appeal from the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. T. H. Barrett, Jhdge. Suit by Sustan Cuave against the Ingram Day Lumber Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The first error assigned is that the court erred in not sustaining appellants’ motion to exclude all of the evidence offered hy appellee and direct a verdict for the appellants , when appellee rested. We submit that this motion should have been sustained. When the appellee rested, he had shown that he held a…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The record in this case reads like a paige torn from the history of the Spanish Main in the good old days when might was right, and when the distinction between Meum et tuum was frankly disregarded. The Ingram-Day Lumber Company, appellant, coveting and longing for the valuable pine timber standing upon a certain quarter section of land in Harrison county, looked up appellee (an ignorant and illiterate man), who was in possession of same under color of title, and had been in such possession for seven or eight years, and offered to buy the much-desired timber; but appellee declined to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Prince v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Davany v. KoonMississippi Supreme Court · 1871
- Carpenter v. SavageMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Elder v. HilzheimMississippi Supreme Court · 1858
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