Welborn v. Anderson
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Jones county. Hon. William M. Hancock, judge. On the 31st of March, 1855, the defendant in error, Isaac Anderson, commenced this action of ejectment against the plaintiff in error, Joel E. Welborn, to recover possession of the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 3, township 7 north, of range 12 east, lying in Jones county. the defendant pleaded: 1st. The general issue. 2d.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Jones county. Hon. William M. Hancock, judge. On the 31st of March, 1855, the defendant in error, Isaac Anderson, commenced this action of ejectment against the plaintiff in error, Joel E. Welborn, to recover possession of the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 3, township 7 north, of range 12 east, lying in Jones county. the defendant pleaded: 1st. The general issue. 2d. That he, and those under whom he claimed, had been in the actual uninterrupted adverse possession of the premises, claiming title, under regular conveyance, for the period of ten…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This suit was brought in the Circuit Court of Jones county, by the defendant in error, to recover the possession of a certain tract of land. The defendant pleaded first the general issue; second, that he and those under whom he claimed had been in the actual, adverse, and uninterrupted possession of the premises, claiming to be the owner of the same, under regular conveyances, for the period of ten years next before the commencement of the suit; and third, that the plaintiff’s right of action did not accrue within seven years next preceding the institution of the suit. The cause having been…
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