Shoub v. Perkins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Jackson county. Hon. J. M. Stevens, Chancellor. Suit by Thomas H. Shoub against Leroy Perkins and others, with answer and cross-bills by defendant. Demurrer to cross-bill overruled and complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
Suit was filed in the chancery court of Jáckson county by the appellant against the appellees, to establish his title to certain lands claimed to have been acquired by homestead entry under the acts of Congress, and to have *79declared void the claim of title of defendant to these lands arising under chapter 1485, United States Statutes at Large of the Fifty-Eight Congress. Appellees answered, and made their answer a cross-bill, setting up their claim of title to said lands. Appellant then dismissed his original bill; but the cross-bill of appellees,1 by leave of court, was retained and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Des Moines Valley R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
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