Legal Opinion

Wight v. Ingram-Day Lumber Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1944No. 35536PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

The Ingram-Day Lumber Company filed its bill for partion by sale of the mineral interests in certain lands in Harrison County. The lumber company owns the entire surface of said lands and an undivided one-half interest in all minerals therein. The appellants likewise own an undivided one-half interest in the minerals.

The bill alleged that the several mineral estates are not susceptible of partition in kind and that it is to the best interest of all the tenants in common that the mineral estates be sold for division among the parties. It is further alleged that in the present status of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Williamson v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Lynch v. Union Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  3. Jilek v. Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Henderson v. ChesleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Henderson v. ChesleyTexas Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Schnitt v. McKellarSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
  2. James E. Folsom v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  3. Ark Land Co. v. HarperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2004
  4. McNeese v. RennerMississippi Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Hendrix v. FooteMississippi Supreme Court · 1948

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