Anglin v. Broadnax
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell, Chancellor. Mrs. Anglin, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Mrs. Broadnax and others, appellees, were defendants there. The suit was a proceeding for the partition of lands. From a decree in defendants’ favor complainant appealed to the supreme court. The land in suit belonged to one Lewis Dunn, deceased, at the time of his death.
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From the chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell, Chancellor. Mrs. Anglin, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Mrs. Broadnax and others, appellees, were defendants there. The suit was a proceeding for the partition of lands. From a decree in defendants’ favor complainant appealed to the supreme court. The land in suit belonged to one Lewis Dunn, deceased, at the time of his death. He died intestate in 1861, leaving a widow, Eebecea Dunn, and a large number of children. The widow, Eebecea Dunn, was entitled to a dower interest in said land, but the same was never…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, C.
Under our statutes and decisions, the deed of Eebeeca Dunn, dowress, executed on the 28th day of November, 1865, was effective to convey just the title she had, no more, and no less. It is utterly immaterial what she attempted to convey, or that the deed purported to convey the whole fee simple. Her grantee stood exactly in her shoes as to this complainant, and this complainant never had a right of action until the death of Eebeeca- Dunn in 1893. This has -long been the established law of this state on the state of facts in this record. The complainant was not barred by the…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Griffin v. SheffieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1860
- Harvey v. BriggsMississippi Supreme Court · 1890
- Lyebrook v. HallMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- Jones v. TaylorMississippi Supreme Court · 1930