Paxton v. Valley Land Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the chancery court of Sunflower county. HoN. W.'E. Teigg, Chancellor. The appellee, the Valley Land Co., Limited, filed the bill in this cause, alleging that it was the true owner of the land in controversy, and praying for a cancellation of the claim asserted thereto by the appellant. A demurrer was interposed by the defendant, which was overruled, and an appeal taken to the supreme court, which affirmed the decree.
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Feom the chancery court of Sunflower county. HoN. W.'E. Teigg, Chancellor. The appellee, the Valley Land Co., Limited, filed the bill in this cause, alleging that it was the true owner of the land in controversy, and praying for a cancellation of the claim asserted thereto by the appellant. A demurrer was interposed by the defendant, which was overruled, and an appeal taken to the supreme court, which affirmed the decree. For the allegations of the bill and the several points presented by the demurrer and the rulings of the court thereon, see the very full report of the case on the former…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
Sections 5 and 6, the subject of this suit, were acquired in fee-simple by the appellant in 1846, and belong to him now, if his title has not been divested. The lands were in their natural state, undisturbed by man, without any sort of occupancy until 1888. Because of their liability to inundation from the Mississippi river annually, they were esteemed of little value, comparatively, and unsuited to cultivation until the past few years, during which the levees have given promise of protection; and because of this they were not settled upon; and during all these years the taxes on them were…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gibbs v. GreenMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Sigman v. LundyMississippi Supreme Court · 1889
- Tush-ho-Yo-Tubby v. BarrMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
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