Edwards v. Butler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. Percy Bell, Chancellor. Edwards, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Butler, appellee, was defendant there. The case was once before in the supreme court and is reported.
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Erom the chancery court of Quitman county. Hon. Percy Bell, Chancellor. Edwards, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Butler, appellee, was defendant there. The case was once before in the supreme court and is reported. Edwards v. Butler, 89 Miss. 179, 42 South. 381. The court below on remand of the ease adjudged appellee’s tax title void because the lands when assessed and sold for taxes were school-lands and not taxable; it, however, allowed the appellee compensation for valuable and permanent improvements placed by him on the lands in good faith, believing himself to be the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The judgment of the court below is correct. It was proper, •on the facts of this case, to allow the value of the improvements. This is clearly settled by the case of Litchfield v. Johnson, 15 Fed. Cas. 590 (No. 8,387), and Wells v. Riley, 29 Fed. Cas. 675 (No. 17,404), and by our own case of Hicks v. Blakeman, 74 Miss. 459, 21 South. 7, Ib. 400. Affirmed.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hicks v. BlakemanMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
- Litchfield v. JohnsonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Iowa · 1877
- Wells v. RileyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Iowa · 1872