Spears v. Burton
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Circuit Court of Warren county. Hon. J. S. Yerger, judge. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff, for the recovery of the possession of lots Nos. 1 and 2, of section 21, and N. W. quarter of the same section; and also for that portion of section 22, being lot No. 3, lying west of Clear creek; all of said land being in township 16, range 5 east, in Warren county, in this State. The plaintiff claimed, as heir of his father, A. P. Burton, deceased.
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In error from the Circuit Court of Warren county. Hon. J. S. Yerger, judge. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff, for the recovery of the possession of lots Nos. 1 and 2, of section 21, and N. W. quarter of the same section; and also for that portion of section 22, being lot No. 3, lying west of Clear creek; all of said land being in township 16, range 5 east, in Warren county, in this State. The plaintiff claimed, as heir of his father, A. P. Burton, deceased. The defendant answered, denying generally all the allegations of the ■complainant, and specially denying that plaintiff was the…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, to recover a tract of land lying in Warren county, in the possession of the plaintiff in error.
The plaintiff below claimed title to the premises in controversy, as the heir-at-law of his father, Abner P. Burton, deceased, who is alleged to have died seised and possessed of the premises; and the points now presented for our consideration relate to the fact of the father’s possession, and to the question whether the marriage of the plaintiff’s father and mother was valid in law.
In the progress of the trial the defendant took exceptions to the…
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