Becker v. Columbia Bank
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lawrence county. floN. B. E. Sheahy, Chancellor. Suit to quiet title by Columbia Bank against F. F. Becker and others. From a decreé for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Appellee was complainant in the court below, and appellants' were defendants. The hill filed in the lower court prays for the cancellation of appellant’s claim of title to the land in question and removal of said claim as a cloud upon complainant’s title.
Read the full summary
Appeal from the chancery court of Lawrence county. floN. B. E. Sheahy, Chancellor. Suit to quiet title by Columbia Bank against F. F. Becker and others. From a decreé for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Appellee was complainant in the court below, and appellants' were defendants. The hill filed in the lower court prays for the cancellation of appellant’s claim of title to the land in question and removal of said claim as a cloud upon complainant’s title. The land in question was acquired by the state of Mississippi from United States government as swamp land, and appel-lee’s claim of title is…
1Opinion of the Court
SteveNS, J.,
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
Without setting out the pleadings, the conflicting’ chains of title, or evidence in full, we think it well to state that the disposition of this case is controlled hy Hardy v. Hartman, 65 Miss. 505, 4 So. 545. The decision of this court in the Hardy-Hartman Case has been the subject of attack more than once, and this court has uniformly declined to overrule that case., The decision established a ..rule of property, which should not now be disturbed' The decision was rendered by eminent jurists, who stated that:
“The proposition is to plain for…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Dresser v. HathornMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
- Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
- Jordan v. W. C. Griffin Land Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1923