Belew v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grenada County. Hon. J. C. Gray, Chancellor. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The appellee, Mrs. Jones, was not entitled, under our statutes, to a partition of the lot described in her bill; and, upon the case presented by the pleadings, the Chancery Court had no jurisdiction except to dismiss the proceeding.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grenada County. Hon. J. C. Gray, Chancellor. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The appellee, Mrs. Jones, was not entitled, under our statutes, to a partition of the lot described in her bill; and, upon the case presented by the pleadings, the Chancery Court had no jurisdiction except to dismiss the proceeding. Code 1871, sect. 1809 ; Spight v. Waldron, 51 Miss. 360; JPine v. Crane, 44 Miss. 577 ; White v. White, 16 Gratt. 264; 2 Ohm St. 213 ; Striker v. Mott, 2 Paige, 389 ; 1 Washb. on Real Prop. 681, note 3 ; Brown v. Brown, 8…
1Opinion of the CourtSimRall, C. J.
A bill in chancery was exhibited by Mrs. Lizzie Jones, for the sale of lot 85, in the town of Grenada, because partition of the same could not be made between herself and the defendant, William A. Belew.
She alleges that Belew became the owner of ten and two-thirds feet fronting on the public square, running back and east one hundred and four feet, by mesne conveyances from Martha M. Neil, who had a dower interest in that much of the lot.
In his answer, Belew admits that Mrs. Neil had a dower estate in part of the lot, corresponding in metes and bounds to the description of it given in the…
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- West Feliciana Railroad v. StockettMississippi Supreme Court · 1854
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