Adams v. Guice
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county. Hon. Stanhope Posey, judge. William Kinnisson, was tbe father of Nathaniel Kinnisson, the plaintiff’s intestate; and Mary Kinnisson, the defendant’s intestate, was the mother of said Nathaniel. William died in 1843, Nathaniel in 184T, and Mary, since the commencement of the suit.
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In error from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county. Hon. Stanhope Posey, judge. William Kinnisson, was tbe father of Nathaniel Kinnisson, the plaintiff’s intestate; and Mary Kinnisson, the defendant’s intestate, was the mother of said Nathaniel. William died in 1843, Nathaniel in 184T, and Mary, since the commencement of the suit. The negro Jude, who was conveyed by the bill of sale, from William to Nathaniel, in 1814, and her offspring, were never delivered by said William to Nathaniel, but remained in the former’s possession until his death, except that Nathaniel, from 1830 until a short…
1Opinion of the CourtHakdy, J.
This was an action at law, brought by the plaintiff in error, *403against the intestate of the defendant in error, in the Circuit Court of Franklin county, to recover certain slaves, and hire therefor. The defendant below, in his answer denied the title of the plaintiff, or any liability for hire, and relied upon an adverse possession of more than three years, as a bar to the action. The plaintiff replied, denying the adverse possession. The case was tried in Franklin county, at September Term, 1852, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was made and sustained, and…
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