Jones v. Gaddis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Edom tbe circuit court of Madison county. PIon. J. B. Chdisman, Judge. Action of ejectment by appellee, Gaddis, against W. B. Jones and Nului'a Bradley. Trial by jury waived, and case tried by the court. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for possession of the land in controversy, allowing the defendants $100 for improvements. Defendants appeal and plaintiffs prosecute a cross-bill. The facts as found by the court from the record are stated in the opinion.
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Edom tbe circuit court of Madison county. PIon. J. B. Chdisman, Judge. Action of ejectment by appellee, Gaddis, against W. B. Jones and Nului'a Bradley. Trial by jury waived, and case tried by the court. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for possession of the land in controversy, allowing the defendants $100 for improvements. Defendants appeal and plaintiffs prosecute a cross-bill. The facts as found by the court from the record are stated in the opinion. It is admitted that the vendors of appellants are the heirs of W. L. Balfour. It is incontestibly shown that Balfour owned and occupied the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Gaddis for the s. J of n. of n. J of s. J of section 8, township 8, range 1, in Madison county. The plaintiff claimed under title derived from Thomas Shackleford, and offered in support of this claim a deed from one Breck, the assignee in bankruptcy of said Shackleford, to one Allen, plaintiff’s vendor, and, in addition, alleges entrance upon and occupation of this particular parcel of land, in addition to the other lands constituting the Shackleford plantation, for more than ten years.
Joues and his co-defendant below claim by virtue of the actual,…
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