Carmichael v. Foley
Mississippi Supreme Court
APPEAL from Adams circuit court. This was an action of ejectment brought for the recovery of 240 acres of land, and tried in IS32, at the February term of the Adams circuit court, before the Hon. Henry Cage. The cause is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shamcey
On the trial of this case, the plaintiffs counsel objected to the introduction of testimony to limit the operation of a deed to a tract of land. The descriptive words in the deed are as follows: « All that tract, or parcel of land, containing 240 acres, situate, lying and being in the county of Wilkinson, on the Bayou Sarah waters, bounded on the north by lands of Reuben Dunham; east by lands of said Patriot Foley, south by lands of said John F. Carmichael, and west by the west branch of Bayou Sarah Creek.”
For the plaintiff it is contended that he is entitled to the 240 acres of land, and…
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