Henderson v. Cameron
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. W. T. Houston, Chancellor. This was a proceeding in the chancery court of Hancock county by J. L. Henderson against A. F. Cameron and others, to remove a cloud upon his title to section 25, township 8, range 16 west, in said county. The answer of the defendants denied complainant’s title, and set up title in themselves.
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From the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. W. T. Houston, Chancellor. This was a proceeding in the chancery court of Hancock county by J. L. Henderson against A. F. Cameron and others, to remove a cloud upon his title to section 25, township 8, range 16 west, in said county. The answer of the defendants denied complainant’s title, and set up title in themselves. On the hearing, complainant introduced his record title, from the government down to himself, his grantor being Mrs. E. L. Saunders. It was shown for defendants that complainant, who was a lawyer, made an abstract of all the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The record presents the case of one seeking to shelter his attack upon another claiming by an unrecorded deed under our registry laws. Those laws are designed to shelter only purchasers in good faith. Now, the very deed from Mrs. Hyatt to appellant gave him notice that some of the deeds made by Mrs. Hyatt to purchasers of lands once belonging to her were unrecorded. Not only this, but the eighth interrogatory to appellee and his answer thereto (which was improperly excluded by the court below, because of the mere form of the question), and the ninth interrogatory and the answer thereto, in…
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