Hart v. Bloomfield
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Sylvanus Evans, Chancellor. The appellant, Juliana Hart, exhibited her bill in the chancery court of Harrison county, against the appellee, Bloomfield, in which she alleged as follows : That she was the real owner of two certain lots of land in said county; that the defendant asserted a pretended claim to the lots by virtue of a deed from the state of Mississippi, executed in 1887 ; that this deed is wholly illegal and…
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Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Sylvanus Evans, Chancellor. The appellant, Juliana Hart, exhibited her bill in the chancery court of Harrison county, against the appellee, Bloomfield, in which she alleged as follows : That she was the real owner of two certain lots of land in said county; that the defendant asserted a pretended claim to the lots by virtue of a deed from the state of Mississippi, executed in 1887 ; that this deed is wholly illegal and void, and casts a cloud and suspicion upon the title of appellant, the true owner. The prayer of the bill was for…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
It is argued by counsel for appellant that the decree must be reversed, if for no other reason, because the cause was set for hearing one day before the expiration of the five months allowed by law for the taking of proof after answer filed.
The answer of the defendant was filed on March 13, and the cause was set for final hearing by the defendant on the 14th day of August following; but counsel for appellant contend that when filed the answer was not sworn to, but that the jurat was made on the following day, wherefore that day should be taken as the date ■of the filing of the answer. There…
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