Legal Opinion

Ingraham v. Speed

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1855PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Ik error from tbe Circuit Court of Copiah county. Hon. John Watts, judge, presiding, by interchange with the Hon. John E. M£Nair. Alfred Ingraham, sued William W. Speed, in ejectment, in the Circuit Court of Copiah County, for the recovery of certain tenements situated in said county.

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Ik error from tbe Circuit Court of Copiah county. Hon. John Watts, judge, presiding, by interchange with the Hon. John E. M£Nair. Alfred Ingraham, sued William W. Speed, in ejectment, in the Circuit Court of Copiah County, for the recovery of certain tenements situated in said county. On the trial, and in support of his title, the plaintiff offered in evidence a record of a judgment rendered in said court in 1840, in favor of the Grand Gulf Bank, against John Jones et al., whereby it appeared, that execution had been issued on the same, and levied on the premises in'controversy. That…

1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.

This was an action at law, brought by the plaintiff in error, to recover a tract of land.

In support of the plaintiff’s title, there was read in evidence a record of a judgment in Copiah Circuit Court, rendered in November, 1840, in favor of the Grand Gulf Bank, against one Jesse J ones and others, and executions thereon, under which the land in controversy was levied upon and sold. The plaintiff then offered in evidence a sheriff’s deed for the land, dated 15th August, 1842, by which it was conveyed to John Lindsey and Alfred Ingraham, assignees of the Grand Gulf Bank, and to the survivor of…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Perry v. StrawbridgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  2. Kennington v. HemingwayMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  3. State ex rel. Cassidy v. BakerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  4. Davenport v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Dilger v. PalmerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882

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