Shotwell v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Coahoma county. Hon. W\ R. Trigg, Chancellor. The large body of land in controversy, situated in Coahoma county, was, previous to the late war, -owned by one Shotwell.
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From the chancery court of Coahoma county. Hon. W\ R. Trigg, Chancellor. The large body of land in controversy, situated in Coahoma county, was, previous to the late war, -owned by one Shotwell. The bill in this case was filed Septémber 15,1890, by his heirs (together with R. N. Miller and J. B. Chrisman, to whom they had conveyed a half-interest in the land) against the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co., and certain persons claiming portions of the land by purchase under it. The complainants alleged that they were the real owners of the land,'which they claimed under the original…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The title acquired by the levee board of district No. 1, by the sale for taxes on January 11,1872, and the conveyance in pursuance thereof, was a valid one as averred by the bill and maintained by the evidence. This title was vested in the state by virtue of the thirteenth section of “An act to abolish the office of liquidating levee commissioner,” etc., approved April 11, 1876. Laws, p. '166. The state had the right to abolish the levee board of district No. 1, as it did by the act for that purpose, approved April 11, 1876 (Laws, p. 174), and to substitute, as that act does, the auditor and…
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