Reed v. Heard
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of, second district, Tallahatchie county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. Reed, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Heard, appellee, was defendant there. From a judgment in favor of the defendant the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case.
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From tbe circuit court of, second district, Tallahatchie county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. Reed, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Heard, appellee, was defendant there. From a judgment in favor of the defendant the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. An insufficient description of lands can be aided by extrinsic evidence where the assessment roll furnishes the clue, which, followed by the aid of such evidence, will lead to the land intended. The only constitutional requirement, so far as' identification is required,…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, C. J.
John A. Heed brought-an ejectment suit against J. F. Heard to recover possession of forty acres of land, located in Tallahatchie county, and described as the W. ½ of N. W. ¼, section 24, township 25, range 2 W., east of the bayoii. The declaration alleges that the land sought to be recovered is all the land in the W. ¼ of the above quarter -section situated east of the bayou. The title of Heed depends- upon the validity of a tax sale made by the tax collector on June 2, 1902, for the delinquent tax of 1901. The land in question was assessed in the year 1900 on the regular land roll, and this…
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