Harper v. Bibb
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. This was a bill filed by Harper against the appellees to recover the possession, and a conveyance of the legal title, of two lots in the city of Jackson, and also for an account for the rents and profits.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. This was a bill filed by Harper against the appellees to recover the possession, and a conveyance of the legal title, of two lots in the city of Jackson, and also for an account for the rents and profits. The complainant claims title as follows:— In January, 1834, John Shields purchased the lots from the State on a credit, and gaye his three notes with security for the purchase-money, and received from the State a certificate of purchase, which entitled him to a patent when the lots were paid for. On the 16th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtEisheb, J.
The object of this bill is to compel the defendants, wbo hold the legal title to certain lots in the city of Jackson, to convey the same to the complainant, and to compel the defendants to account for the rents and profits during the time they have been in possession. ■
The complainant purchased the lots at a sale made by the sheriff of Hinds county, in May, 1844, under an execution issued upon a forthcoming bond, in which C. C. Mayson was principal, and John Shields, and others, were securities, and forfeited on the 16th day of October, 1837. The lots appear to have been sold as the property…
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