Reese v. Mayo

The pleadings in this cause, by John D. Reese and others, as complainants, and the State, Hinds County, and Robert M. Mayo, Comity Superintendent of Education, as defendants, presented the sole issue of whether or not the complainants are the owners in fee simple of the 160 acres of 16th Section lands, in Hinds County, here in question. At the conclusion of the evidence, the chancellor dismissed the original bill, and confirmed the fee title to the said lands in the State as prayed for in the cross-bill. The complainants appeal.

The proof showed that patents to these lands were executed by S.…