Nixon's Heirs v. Cargo's Heirs
Mississippi Supreme Court
ON appeal from the southern district chancery court at Mississippi City; Hon. James M. Smiley, vice-chancellor. This was a bill filed in the superior court of chancery, but afterwards removed to the vice-chancery court at Mississippi City. The object of the bill which was filed by the ancestor of plaintiffs in error, was to enjoin a judgment in ejectment obtained by the defendants in error, (the heirs of J. B. Corquette,) for a certain lot on the Bay of Beloxi.
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ON appeal from the southern district chancery court at Mississippi City; Hon. James M. Smiley, vice-chancellor. This was a bill filed in the superior court of chancery, but afterwards removed to the vice-chancery court at Mississippi City. The object of the bill which was filed by the ancestor of plaintiffs in error, was to enjoin a judgment in ejectment obtained by the defendants in error, (the heirs of J. B. Corquette,) for a certain lot on the Bay of Beloxi. The plaintiffs in error set up an equitable title under an instrument signed by the said J. B. Corquette, and is as follows : —…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice HaNDY
This was a bill in chancery filed by John Nixon against the appellees, heirs of John B. Careo, deceased, to quiet his title to a parcel of land, and to enjoin the execution of a judgment at law for the possession thereof, which the appellees had obtained against him.
The original and amended bills state, that in the year 1815, John B. Careo owned, or claimed, title to a tract of land embracing that in controversy, at the bay of Biloxi in this State, under the provisions of the act of congress of 3d March, 1803, and other acts, which land was afterwards confirmed to him by act of congress of 3d…
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