Slay v. Lowery

Appellee filed his bill in the chancery court of Harrison county against appellant to confirm his title by patent from the state to certain lots, described in the bill, situated in the Summerville addition of the city of Biloxi, in said county. There was a trial of the case on bill, answer, and proofs, resulting- in a decree confirming appellee’s title.

On the former appeal in this, case to the supreme court (Slay v. Lowery, 114 So. 830), the court held that at the time the lots involved were patented by the state to the appellee, a perfect title thereto was vested in the state by purchase at…