Cook v. Friley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington County. Hon. W. G. Phelps, Chancellor. The appellant exhibited his bill against' the appellee, and alleged that he is the real owner of the land in controversy, commencing with a patent from the United States, and that his deeds will be shown at the hearing if requested; that he has been in uninterrupted adverse possession, by his tenants, for more than ten years, one tenant occupying the premises from 1877 to June 6, 1881, the…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington County. Hon. W. G. Phelps, Chancellor. The appellant exhibited his bill against' the appellee, and alleged that he is the real owner of the land in controversy, commencing with a patent from the United States, and that his deeds will be shown at the hearing if requested; that he has been in uninterrupted adverse possession, by his tenants, for more than ten years, one tenant occupying the premises from 1877 to June 6, 1881, the date when the bill was filed; that the defendant is not the real owner, but asserts some claim to the land, and pretends…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
• The bill in this case is wanting in precision and clearness, büt *4it avers that complainant is the real owner of the land, and that the defendant is not, but that he asserts some claim or title thereto which may cast doubt or suspicion on the title of complainant, and that the defendant probably has a conveyance from the board of liquidating levee commissioners, which the bill proceeds to show is not available to him according to the view of the complainant, and in our opinion the bill presents a case entitling the complainant to relief. Besides the averment of title by successive…
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