Evans v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the northern district vice-chancery court at Fulton county; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. In this case the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion ■ of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
The bill in this case presents this state of facts : That complainant previous to the year 1844, had made an improvement upon a quarter section of public land in Monroe county; that said land was sold at public sale by the proper officer of the government of the United States, on the 15th of May, 1844 ; that previous to this sale, the complainant and defendant entered into a parol agreement, by which the defendant was to purchase the quarter section of land, and convey thereafter the eighth of land upon which the improvements had been made, upon complainant’s paying the defendant one half of…
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