Agnew v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court, first district, of Hinds county. • Plaintiffs sued defendant before a justice of the peace, claiming that they were the owners of a house which defendant had torn down and converted the material thereof to his own use. A jury trial was had in the justice’s court, resulting in a verdict of one cent against defendant.
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From the circuit court, first district, of Hinds county. • Plaintiffs sued defendant before a justice of the peace, claiming that they were the owners of a house which defendant had torn down and converted the material thereof to his own use. A jury trial was had in the justice’s court, resulting in a verdict of one cent against defendant. Plaintiffs appealed to the circuit court, where a trial de novo was hacl, and, upon which, the facts were shown to be these: Certain residents of Forest Hill School District concluded, for their convenience, to erect a schoolhouse at a point near the…
1Opinion of the CourtStockdale, J.
A. M. Agnew’s agreement that he would make a deed to Hinds county to the acre of land on which the house was to be erected, was an irrevocable license for the purposes for which it was made, as long as the house was used for the purposes specified. The heirs of Agnew have all the rights, and no more, that their ancestor had.
The license, had the deed been made or not made, deprived the grantor of the possession and use of his land, only so far as was stipulated in the agreement or the deed, and only to those in whose favor and for whose use the license was given, and he is the owner and…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heermance v. VernoyNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Blake v. JeromeNew York Supreme Court · 1817
- Newkirk v. SablerNew York Supreme Court · 1850
- Welborn v. SpearsMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
3Cited by4 opinions
- Foust v. KinneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Reid v. HorneMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
- City Council of Greenville v. WhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
- Nelson v. NelsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1942