Magee v. Turner
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lawrence county. IIon. Jesse B. Webb, Special judge. Turner and others, appellees, were plaintiffs and Magee, appellant, defendant in the court below, tbe action being ejectment. Tbe opinion of the court states tbe facts.
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From the circuit court of Lawrence county. IIon. Jesse B. Webb, Special judge. Turner and others, appellees, were plaintiffs and Magee, appellant, defendant in the court below, tbe action being ejectment. Tbe opinion of the court states tbe facts. Under Code 1871, § 1701, tbe time allowed for tbe redemption of lands forfeited for taxes was two years; under tbe act of 1872 (Laws, p. 5) there was no right of redemption to persons not under disability; and by tbe act of 1874 (Laws, p. 14, Called Session) this provision of tbe act of 1872 was repealed, and the provision of tbe Code of 1871…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, J.
This was an action of ejectment, brought by J ames I). M. Turner and others against G. Wood Magee, for the recovery of a certain tract of land described in the declaration. The land originally-belonged to one Donalson F. N. Turner, Sr., who died about the year 1854, leaving a last will and testament wherein the lands in question were devised to his wife, Mrs. Jane Turner, for life, and after her death the remainder to go to a nephew of the original owner; that is to say, Donalson F. N. Turner, Jr. Mrs. Jane Turner subsequently married one Hyman Outrer and moved to Texas, and while there sold…
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