Surget v. Doe ex dem. Little
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
In error from the circuit court of Adams county; Hon. Stan-hope Posey, judge. This was an action of ejectment brought by Peter Little, to recover forty feet of land on Silver Street, in “ Natchez under the hill,” lying between a lot confirmed to William Lintot, on the corner of Porter and Silver streets, and the lot or store of Sorias & Cozzens.
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In error from the circuit court of Adams county; Hon. Stan-hope Posey, judge. This was an action of ejectment brought by Peter Little, to recover forty feet of land on Silver Street, in “ Natchez under the hill,” lying between a lot confirmed to William Lintot, on the corner of Porter and Silver streets, and the lot or store of Sorias & Cozzens. This forty feet he claims under a patent from the United States, to the legal representatives of Henry Willis, by virtue of an entry by Willis’s heirs, under two acts of congress of 1820, and a patent for fractional section 77, in T. 7, R. 3 west,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sharkey
This action of ejectment was brought by the defendant in error for a lot in that part of Natchez which lies below the bluff, containing forty feet fronting on Silver street, which is the eastern boundary, and the Mississippi river bounds it on the west. Little claims to have derived title from Mrs. Anna McComas, who was the heir at law of Henry Willis, deceased. On the 8th of May, 1820, congress passed an act authorizing the legal representatives of Henry Willis to enter a certain quantity of land, without payment, in any of the land offices in Alabama or Mississippi; under which act Mrs.…
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