Pearson v. Johnson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ekeok to the Circuit Court of Claiborne County. Hon. Ubi ah Millsaps, Judge. Pearson & Son, on Aug. 24, 1874, brought this suit, under c. 19 Code 1871 (“ An Act in relation to unlawful and forcible entry and unlawful detainer ”), against the defendants, for the recovery of two acres of land near Grand Gulf, Claiborne County, Mississippi. The case was tried before the special court of three justices, provided by art. 4 of said act.
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Ekeok to the Circuit Court of Claiborne County. Hon. Ubi ah Millsaps, Judge. Pearson & Son, on Aug. 24, 1874, brought this suit, under c. 19 Code 1871 (“ An Act in relation to unlawful and forcible entry and unlawful detainer ”), against the defendants, for the recovery of two acres of land near Grand Gulf, Claiborne County, Mississippi. The case was tried before the special court of three justices, provided by art. 4 of said act. Judgment was rendered for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appealed to the Circuit Court, where the case was tried by the judge, upon the following agreed…
1Opinion of the CourtSuirall, C. J.
Two acres of land, on the bank of the Mississippi River, near the town of Grand Gulf, the property of the plaintiffs in error, were condemned for a steamboat-landing and cotton-yard. It is agreed that the proceedings were regularly conducted, under c. 29 Code 1871, §§ 1881-1883. The complaint is that the plaintiffs in error were turned out of possession of the two acres condemned to the public use by the sheriff and his abettors, without compensation paid or tendered. The final action of the board of supervisors was had on the 24th of June, 1874; that is to say, as we construe the statement…
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