Davis v. Bowmar
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Warren County. Hon. Edwin Hill, Chancellor. On June 15, 1874, the appellant, Jefferson Davis, filed his bill against J. H. D. Bowmar and J. D. Smith, as executors of the last will and testament of Joseph E. Davis, deceased, and Joseph D. Mitchell, Mary E. Hamer, William D. Hamer, Margaret Davis, Jefferson Davis, Jr., William Davis, and Varina Davis, devisees and legatees, and B. T. Montgomery, W. T. Montgomery, and Isaiah Montgomery,…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Warren County. Hon. Edwin Hill, Chancellor. On June 15, 1874, the appellant, Jefferson Davis, filed his bill against J. H. D. Bowmar and J. D. Smith, as executors of the last will and testament of Joseph E. Davis, deceased, and Joseph D. Mitchell, Mary E. Hamer, William D. Hamer, Margaret Davis, Jefferson Davis, Jr., William Davis, and Varina Davis, devisees and legatees, and B. T. Montgomery, W. T. Montgomery, and Isaiah Montgomery, purchasers of the land which is the subject of the suit. The statements of the bill are as follows : “First. That on the 39th…
1Opinion of the Court · CampbellCampbell, J.
The actual possession of the land called “Brierfield” by appellant commenced in 1835 or 1836, and continued uninterruptedly to 1863, in the open and notorious and exclusive exercise by appellant of the completest acts of ownership and control of which the land could be the subject, and in a manner inconsistent with the right of any other person, with .the knowledge of Joseph E. Davis, who repeatedly, and by the most unequivocal acts, recognized the ownership of said land by appellant, warrants the declaration that there was vested in appellant a full and complete title to it by virtue of the…
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