Ingram Day Lumber Co. v. Robertson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court, Hancock county. Hon. D. T. Currie, Special Chancellor. Bill by Stokes V. Robertson, State Revenue Agent, against'the Ingram Day Lumber Company. Decree for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court, Hancock county. Hon. D. T. Currie, Special Chancellor. Bill by Stokes V. Robertson, State Revenue Agent, against'the Ingram Day Lumber Company. Decree for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The facts are that the board of supervisors first caused a fifteen years lease of this land to be sold and it was bought in by G. W. Walker, all .parties believing that the purchaser was buying the timber; and the purchaser intending to buy, and the seller intending to sell the timber. This is disputed by appellee in his brief, but is shown to be true: (A) By the fact…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellee exhibited an original bill in the court below against the appellant to recover the value of certain tim-*377her cut anti removed by the appellant from the east half of section 16, township 6, range 14 west, in Hancock county. The cause was heard on bill, answer, and proof, and a decree was rendered in accordance with the prayer of the bill. The facts are practically undisputed, and are in substance as follows:
In 1900, pursuant to permission so to do from the heads of families residing in the township as required by section 4159, Code of 1892, and with the approval of the board of…
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