Shepherd v. Cox

Suit at law was begun in ejectment by appellant, who, after transfer thereof to the chancery court, filed his bill against C.W. Cox, Eugene Robertson, David Sanderson, trustee, and the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. Complainant sought possession of twenty acres in the S 1/2 of fractional Section 4, T. 13, Range 2 W., in Calhoun County, Mississippi, the cancellation of certain instruments under which defendants asserted title, and for damages and mesne profits.

A deraignment of the title thereto shows a common source, complainant asserting title under deed of a Commissioner of the chancery…