Doe, on the demise of Rice v. Dignowitty
Mississippi Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, brought in the circuit court of Adams county, to recover a lot in Natchez. The declaration contains only one count, which lays a joint and several demise in the names of Simon Rice and Noah Barlow, and John G. Taylor.
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This was an action of ejectment, brought in the circuit court of Adams county, to recover a lot in Natchez. The declaration contains only one count, which lays a joint and several demise in the names of Simon Rice and Noah Barlow, and John G. Taylor. The declaration, with the usual notice annexed; were served on Mary Wormley, Elizabeth Davis, and George W. Boiren, the tenants in possession^ At the return term, Anthony Dignowitty, who claimed to be the landlord of the tenants in possession, appeared, and on motion was admitted as a defendant. On the trial, after reading the return of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clayton
- Upon the trial of this cause the court, at the instance of the defendants, gave twenty-four separate charges to the jury, all of which were excepted to by the plaintiffs. It will not be necessary for us to examine many of them.
The lot in dispute had been sold under execution, as the property of Rice, and purchased by Barlow and Taylor, who held the sheriff’s deed for it. Rice, before the rendition of the judgment, had conveyed the land to Dignowitty, who was in possession at the time of the sheriff’s sale. The declaration contains but a single count, and states a joint and several demise…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rice v. PeetNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Jackson ex dem. Roman v. SidneyNew York Supreme Court · 1815
- Courtney v. ShropshireCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823