Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. Dean

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1945No. 35801PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The appellants, John Pruitt and others, seek to cancel as a cloud upon their title to certain lands in DeSoto County, two foreclosure sales thereof made on January 5, 1934, and the trustees' deeds made pursuant thereto in favor of the appellee, S.B. Dean, as purchaser, together with a subsequent conveyance from the said Dean to the appellee J.W. Pounders, Sr., for a part of the lands involved.

Upon the hearing the defendants demurred to the bill of complaint, as amended, the demurrers were sustained, and the suit was dismissed. While the order dismissing the bill was a final decree, the same…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hancock v. PyleMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Hesdorffer v. WelshMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Wilczinski v. WatsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. WestmorelandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  2. United States Ex Rel. Sanford v. Continental Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1968
  3. American Petrofina, Inc. v. WarrenMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Pruitt v. DeanMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  5. State of Louisiana v. Darrell W. WestmorelandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011

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