Humphrey v. Seale
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Pearl River county. Hon. D. M. Russell, Chancellor. Separate suits by J. F. Humphrey and. others against Mrs. Nancy B. Humphrey Seale. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from chancery court of Pearl River county. Hon. D. M. Russell, Chancellor. Separate suits by J. F. Humphrey and. others against Mrs. Nancy B. Humphrey Seale. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. The court will see from the foregoing statement that Nancy B. Seale, one of the tenants in common, in all of this land in controversy, and a tenant in common in actual possession of'the land and getting the uses and benefits arising therefrom with the consent of her cotenants permitted all of this land to sell for taxes except that part sold by J. F. Wheat to Eli Seale and actually…
1Opinion of the Court
Sam C. Cook, P. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe record on appeal covers two cases wbicb were tried together on the same state of facts by tbe chancery court of Pearl Eiver county, Miss.
J. F. Humphrey, Annie Paine Fornea, and Mary A. Fornea filed their bill in tbe chancery court of Pearl Eiver county against Nancy B. Humphrey Seale, and charged that the complainant J. F. Humphrey and the other complainants and the defendant were the only son and daughters of Basil H. Humphrey, who died intestate on the 28th day of February, 1863, owning the following described land now situated in…
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