Moody v. Farr's Lessee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. J. S. Yerger, judge. In 1846, George W. Farr,' the plaintiff, instituted his action in the Circuit Court of Hinds county, for the recovery of the possession of certain lands situated in that county. Moody, the appellant, appeared and made affidavit, that he was landlord of the tenant in possession, and was admitted to defend, on his entering into the usual consent rule.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. J. S. Yerger, judge. In 1846, George W. Farr,' the plaintiff, instituted his action in the Circuit Court of Hinds county, for the recovery of the possession of certain lands situated in that county. Moody, the appellant, appeared and made affidavit, that he was landlord of the tenant in possession, and was admitted to defend, on his entering into the usual consent rule. The trial of the cause having been stayed by injunction, it was not disposed of until the May Term, A.D. 1856, of the court below. On the trial, it appeared from the…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
The questions presented for consideration in this case arise upon the exclusion of certain evidence offered on the trial below, on the part of the defendant.
First. After the evidence was closed and the case rested on the part of the plaintiff’s lessor, the defendant offered in evidence a written agreement signed by Farr, by which, in consideration of the sum of $2800, he agreed to convey to Mizell and Graves the lot in controversy, within twelve months after the date, February 11th, 1854; or thereafter, whenever the parties should require ; and in connection therewith offered to prove by a…
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