Russel v. Town of Hickory
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Newton county. Hon. A. T. Woodward, Chancellor. Bill by the town of Hickory against Frank Russel and another. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated is the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Newton county. Hon. A. T. Woodward, Chancellor. Bill by the town of Hickory against Frank Russel and another. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated is the opinion of the court. The allegations of the hill show that title to the property-in question passed from Russel to Todd, Harper, Hanna, Buckley and White, the trustees of the Hickory Institute; it has not shown that it passes from them to the town of Hickory; therefore the town of Hickory has no title whatever to the property, it is a mere…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The appeal in this ease is from a decree overruling the demurrer of appellants to the bill of complaint exhibited against them by the town of Hickory, appellee herein. The suit is by the town of Hickory, a municipal corporation, by and through its mayor and board of aldermen, the material averments being that the town of Hickory, “through its aldermen and trustees of the Hickory high school,” is the owner of certain schoolhouse property *51described in the bill; that the defendants, Frank and L. M. Russell, “have gone over and took possession of said property, and have fenced and wired the same…
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