Porter v. Staten
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Soto County, Hon. A. T. Roane, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. In this case Dr. Staten was in 1882 and 1884, when these debts were made, in the possession of the land and using it, making crops on it for himself, and it was by every one, particularly plaintiffs, supposed to be his. There was no written contract between him and his wife of record in regard to the terms under which he was operating it.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Soto County, Hon. A. T. Roane, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. In this case Dr. Staten was in 1882 and 1884, when these debts were made, in the possession of the land and using it, making crops on it for himself, and it was by every one, particularly plaintiffs, supposed to be his. There was no written contract between him and his wife of record in regard to the terms under which he was operating it. She had inherited the land, hence had no deed or title of record. In a case like that he was, since Code of 1880, the agent of his wife…
1Opinion of the CourtCoopee, C. J.
'The defendant was the owner of a certain plantation, on which she and her husband resided. The husband was the owner of all the personal property situated on the place, and with it he cultivated the farm in his own name and used and disposed of the crops grown thereon as his own. He contracted a debt with the appellants and died, owing a considerable balance, to recover which this suit is brought against the wife. It appears by the evidence that the appellee’s husband, Dr. Staten, was a practicing physician, but the principal business to which he devoted his attention was the cultivation of…
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