Soria v. Harrison County
Mississippi Supreme Court
ITrom the chancery court of Harrison county. HoN. Tiiaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Harrison county, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Mrs. Soria, appellant, was defendant there. The suit sought to quiet complainant’s title to land and cancel defendant’s claim thereto. From a decree in complainant’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court, and the deed construed is herein set out in full.
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ITrom the chancery court of Harrison county. HoN. Tiiaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. Harrison county, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Mrs. Soria, appellant, was defendant there. The suit sought to quiet complainant’s title to land and cancel defendant’s claim thereto. From a decree in complainant’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court, and the deed construed is herein set out in full. The deed from Teg’arden to Harrison county contained a condition subsequent, upon the breach of which by failing to use the land for…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
In 1845 appellee, being in possession of the land in controversy and having built thereon a courthouse and jail, obtained from W. H. Tegarden the following deed to his interest therein: “This indenture, made and entered into this thirty-first day of March, A. T>. 1845, between William 31. Tegarden, of the first part, and the board of police of Harrison county,, state of Mississippi, of the second part, witnesseth: That the said Tegarden, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid by the said board of police, and in further consideration that the land hereinafter described…
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