Skipwith v. Dodd
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
On appeal from the superior chancery court; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the facts of the case. Filed an elaborate brief, in which they commented on and referred to the following authorities: 2 Story’s Eq. Com. 193; Jeremy’s Eq. 335-337, and cases cited; Eden’s Inj. 159; Cooper, Eq. 37; 2 Story’s Eq. Com. 140; lb. 155; Jeremy’s Eq, 365-367, &c.; 2 Saund. R. 167; 2 Whel. Am.
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On appeal from the superior chancery court; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the facts of the case. Filed an elaborate brief, in which they commented on and referred to the following authorities: 2 Story’s Eq. Com. 193; Jeremy’s Eq. 335-337, and cases cited; Eden’s Inj. 159; Cooper, Eq. 37; 2 Story’s Eq. Com. 140; lb. 155; Jeremy’s Eq, 365-367, &c.; 2 Saund. R. 167; 2 Whel. Am. Dig. 56, and cases cited; 1 Paige, 278; Gillespie v. Moore, 2 Johns. Ch. R. 585; JRosevett v. Hale, 2 Cow. 120; Smith v. Smith, 4 Bibb, 81; Hunt v. Rousmaniere, 1 Peters,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
The appellant filed his bill in the superior court of chancery, enjoining the appellee from committing waste on certain lands named in the bill. The defendant below filed a general demurrer to the bill, which was sustained by the chancellor, and the bill dismissed; from which decree, the case is brought to this court by appeal.
The bill presents this state of facts. The complainant, in the year 1843, was appointed, by virtue of the act of 1839, one of the levee commissioners in the county of Washington. One West, a resident of the county of Jefferson, was the owner of a tract of land on the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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