Archer v. Southern Ry. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Kate C. Archer against the Southern Railway Company, in Mississippi. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Kate C. Archer against the Southern Railway Company, in Mississippi. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Appellant bases her claim upon the following propositions of law: First: Under the deed from Deaton & Skinner to the Georgia Pacific Railway, defendant’s predecessor in title, which deed is Exhibt A to the original bill, no riparian rights were granted. Second: That if riparian rights were granted by said instrument,…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
Mrs. Archer, the appellant was the complainant in a bill filed in the chancery court of Washington county seeking to have her title confirmed to a certain island and the accretions thereto, which it is alleged formed in the Mississippi river opposite lands owned by complainant. To the bill of complaint appellee interposed a demurrer, which was sustained by the court, and from this decree complainant prosecuted this appeal.
The bill alleged that Mrs. Archer was the owner of' certain lands, described in the bill, bordering on the Mississippi river; that an island had formed in the river opposite…
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