Hall v. Eastman, Gardiner & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Simpson county. Hon. James L. McCáskill, Chancellor. Hall and others, the appellants, were complainants in the court belotv; Eastman, Gardiner & Company, a corporation, the appellee, was defendant there. Erom a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill and dismissing the suit complainants appealed to the supremé court.
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Erom the chancery court of Simpson county. Hon. James L. McCáskill, Chancellor. Hall and others, the appellants, were complainants in the court belotv; Eastman, Gardiner & Company, a corporation, the appellee, was defendant there. Erom a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill and dismissing the suit complainants appealed to the supremé court. The bill of complaint charged that complainants were the owners of certain lands described therein, and more than five years before executed a deed conveying to defendant the timber standing thereon. The deed is set out in the opinion. The bill further…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The instrument to be interpreted in this case is as follows: “In consideration of sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($67.50) to us paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we do hereby grant, sell, convey, and warrant to Eastman, Gardiner & Company, a corporation, its successors and assigns, all of the timber now or hereafter growing, standing, lying, or being on the following described land, situated in the county of Simpson, State of Mississippi, and described as follows: The southwest 1-4 of northeast 1-4, section twenty-five, township. 10, range 17 west — -together with the…
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