McClanahan v. Barrow
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Winston comity; Hon. Robert C. Perry, judge. James Barrow et al., as the heirs of Joseph Barrow, deceased, instituted an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Winston county, against Solomon McClanahan and wife, to recover possession of a lot of land which Joseph Barrow had made a verbal contract to sell McClanahan and wife, and they were put into possession of the land by said Joseph Barrow in the year 1837 or 1838, and held…
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In error from the circuit court of Winston comity; Hon. Robert C. Perry, judge. James Barrow et al., as the heirs of Joseph Barrow, deceased, instituted an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Winston county, against Solomon McClanahan and wife, to recover possession of a lot of land which Joseph Barrow had made a verbal contract to sell McClanahan and wife, and they were put into possession of the land by said Joseph Barrow in the year 1837 or 1838, and held possession of it, upon which the said McClanahan had made improvements, from that time until this suit was instituted in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
delivered the op^ftéesf^stiaStcourt.
This was an action of ejectment trie(Ma^BBa5^Éi^^íkt of Winston county. A verdict was rendered ror the claimant; a motion was made for a new trial by the#|jj|^a§^|j^^|_fo.was overruled, and a bill of exceptions, whic||embodies the evidence, was taken to the decision on the motionL 3KSiB'8iáBB^iwight before us by writ of error.
The claimants offered on the trial, as evidenM^first, a copy of an entry of the north half of the west half of the north-west quarter of section thirty-four in township fifteen, range twelve, made by Jesse Dodson on the 20th of…
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