Tanner v. Tanner
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Montgomery county. Hon. D. M. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. Mary J. Tanner and others against S. L. Tanner. From a decree for petitioners, defenda: appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Montgomery county. Hon. D. M. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. Mary J. Tanner and others against S. L. Tanner. From a decree for petitioners, defenda: appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Since the filing of the brief for appellant in this cause this court has decided the case of Mounger v. Gandy, 69 So. 817, found in the advance sheets of November 27, 1915. This case and the principle announced is practically decisive of the case at liar. In the case at bar there had never been any residence on the forty-acre woodland tract. It…
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
This was a suit filed in the chancery court of Montgomery county by Mrs. Mary J. Tanner, Mrs. Hessie Bailey, and Mrs. Evaline Hawkins against S. L. Tanner, all the parties to the suit, both complainants and defendants, being the heirs at law of J. T. Tanner,' deceased. The bill of complaint alleged that compláin.ants were the' owners and tenants in common of one *464hundred and sixty acres of land in Montgomery county, and described the lands. The bill alleged that Mrs. Mary J. Tanner owned an undivided one-fourth interest in the property described, Mrs. Evalina Hawkins an undivided one-fourth…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Campbell v. AdairMississippi Supreme Court · 1871
- McGrath v. SinclairMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Hinds v. MorganMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
- King v. SturgesMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
- Mounger v. GandyMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
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