Johnson v. Langston
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
On December 2, 1935, the appellee instituted an unlawful entry and detainer proceeding against the appellant for the recovery of the possession of land alleged to be unlawfully withheld from her by the appellant. The case reached the court below on appeal thereto, where it was tried by agreement by the judge without a jury, resulting in a judgment awarding the possession of the land to the appellee.
The record presents several very interesting questions, but the answer we have to make to one lying at the threshold thereof renders it unnecessary to consider the others.
' The land came into the…
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