Jones v. Madison County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the chancery court of Madison county. HoN. H. C. CoNN, Chancellor. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was first argued and submitted at the October term, 1894 (Nugent dé Mg Willie and W. II. Powell, for appellant; II.
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Feom the chancery court of Madison county. HoN. H. C. CoNN, Chancellor. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was first argued and submitted at the October term, 1894 (Nugent dé Mg Willie and W. II. Powell, for appellant; II. B. Greaves and F. B. Profit, for appellee). On this submission, as the opinion states, counsel, in their briefs and arguments, and the court in its opinion, dealt with the cause upon the idea and theory that the validity of tbe lease in question was determinable under the act of February 24, 1842 (Hutch. Code, p. 222), and the court, acting on the concession of…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
The board of supervisors of Madison county, acting under the provisions of chapter 123, code 1892, caused this suit to be instituted in the name of the county against the appellant, to cancel, as a cloud upon the title of the public, his claim to section 16, in township 8, range 1 west, in said county. The lands were originally reserved for the benefit of the inhabitants of the township as school lands. The history of the title thereto, chronologically stated, isas follows: On April 14, 1851, the board of school trustees of the township leased the lands to Thomas Shackleford for the term of…
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