Moore v. Lord
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Madison County. Hon. W. B. Cunningham, Judge. The plaintiffs in error brought their action of ejectment against the defendants in the circuit court of Madison county, to the October term, 1872, thereof, to recover a part of lot No. 3, described in the declaration, as twenty-seven feet front on Liberty street, and running back fifty-six feet, on square No. 1, in the town of Canton.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Madison County. Hon. W. B. Cunningham, Judge. The plaintiffs in error brought their action of ejectment against the defendants in the circuit court of Madison county, to the October term, 1872, thereof, to recover a part of lot No. 3, described in the declaration, as twenty-seven feet front on Liberty street, and running back fifty-six feet, on square No. 1, in the town of Canton. The proof shows that the plaintiffs in error, on the 14th day of October, 1861, sold and conveyed to the defendants in error, lots Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, in square 1, etc., “ except so…
1Opinion of the CourtTarbell, J.
Ejectment for part of a lot in the town of Canton, being 27 feet front by 56 feet deep, out of lot 3, square 1, as per a survey and map presented on the trial. To maintain the action on their part, the plaintiffs gave in evidence a deed from them to the defendant, Anne Lord, bearing date October 14, 1861, whereby the grantors *233conveyed to the grantee “ lots 3,4, 5 and 6 in square 1, in the town of Canton, county of Madison, state of Mississippi, except so much of said lot No. 3, as is now occupied by Owen Van Vocter, Esquire-, as an office, being twenty-seven feet front on Liberty street and…
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