Barataria Canning Co. v. Ott
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Harrison, county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. The Barataría Canning Company, the appellant, was complainant in the court below; Ott and others, the appellees, were defendants there. From a decree overruling the complainants demurrer to the amended cross-bill of defendants the complainant appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Harrison, county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. The Barataría Canning Company, the appellant, was complainant in the court below; Ott and others, the appellees, were defendants there. From a decree overruling the complainants demurrer to the amended cross-bill of defendants the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The case was once before in the supreme court and is reported Barataría Canning Company v. Ott, 84 Miss., 737 (s.c., 37 South. Rep., 121). The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The pleading in the case at bar…
1Opinion of the CourtAVhiteield, C. J.
The amended cross bill substantially makes this case in brief: That both parties, appellant and appellees, mutually intended by their deed and agreement that appellant should convey to appellees “all the oysters, oyster beds, and all other rights and privileges then held by said appellant in the waters of the said bay northward and eastward of the line indicated in said instrument, and forever conveyed, abandoned and released to the appellees all the property rights and privileges then held by them in that portion of said waters of said bay to the northward and eastward of said line indicated…
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