Root v. McFerrin
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Marshall county; Hon. P. T. Scruggs, judge. Both the plaintiffs and defendants prosecuted a writ of error to the judgment in this cause. This was an action of ejectment by the heirs of James A. Boot against McFerrin, to recover possession of Section 25, Township 1, Range 4 west, situated in Marshall county.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Marshall county; Hon. P. T. Scruggs, judge. Both the plaintiffs and defendants prosecuted a writ of error to the judgment in this cause. This was an action of ejectment by the heirs of James A. Boot against McFerrin, to recover possession of Section 25, Township 1, Range 4 west, situated in Marshall county. The defendants pleaded the general issue, with notice of a claim for the value of the improvements made on the locus in quo, before the action was commenced. Aaron Root, under whom both parties claim, died seised of the said premises, September 20th, 1838; the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
This writ of error is prosecuted here by both parties.
The plaintiffs in error commenced their action of ejectment in the Circuit Court, to recover of the defendant the land in controversy, claiming title to it as the heirs at law of Aaron Root, deceased, their father, who died seised thereof. Prom the record, it appears that Benjamin C. Anderson, as his administrator, sold the land in controversy, on the 5th of October, 1840 ; that the purchaser took possession, under his purchase, immediately, and he and those claiming under him have held the same ever since; and that defendant claims title…
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