Temple v. Hammock
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Franklin County. Hon. J. M. Smiley, Judge. All the material facts in this case necessary to a full umler-•standing of the questions decided are'found in the opinion of the court, and also the substance of the assignment of errors. The plaintiffs were heirs not only of Bartlett Ford but •also of their mother, both of whom were dead, and they were clearly entitled to their mother’s part of the land.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Franklin County. Hon. J. M. Smiley, Judge. All the material facts in this case necessary to a full umler-•standing of the questions decided are'found in the opinion of the court, and also the substance of the assignment of errors. The plaintiffs were heirs not only of Bartlett Ford but •also of their mother, both of whom were dead, and they were clearly entitled to their mother’s part of the land. As to this there was virtually jio defense, and as to this part the verdict was manifestly wrong, and' it should -be reversed on this ground alone. The sale on the…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
Plaintiffs claimed the land sued for as heirs of Bartlett Pord, deceased. Defendant claimed from the same source, net as heir,-but as purchaser of the land after the death of' Ford. Plaintiffs are children of said Ford, who died in 1858, leaving his last will, "by which he directed that his wife, Bebecca Ann Ford, should keep all his estate in her possession during her widowhood, or until his oldest child should attain to the age of twenty-one-years, and on the occm’rence-of either of these events the estate was to be equally divided between his said widow and his children, and the widow was…
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