Jordan v. Bobbitt
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Leake county. Hon. James B. Byrd, Judge. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellees, Bobbitt and others, and against the appellant, Jordan, to recover the land in controversy. The facts of the case are fully set out in the several opinions delivered by the members of thg court.
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From tbe circuit court of Leake county. Hon. James B. Byrd, Judge. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellees, Bobbitt and others, and against the appellant, Jordan, to recover the land in controversy. The facts of the case are fully set out in the several opinions delivered by the members of thg court. This case is one in which there is a great mass of record evidence, and the court should have continued the case for the term in order to have given time to have introduced the testimony regularly and to have heard and understood the same, instead of rushing it through on…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
At the May term of the circuit court of Leake county, B. B. Bobbitt et al., brought an action of ejectment against J. L. Jordan to recover possession of the tract of land in controversy. This declaration was filed on the 19th day of December, 1905, and plaintiffs allege in the declaration that their right to the *74possession of the land, accrued to them on the 15th day of August, 1903. It will be seen from the above statement that this suit was instituted about sixteen months after the date it is alleged that the cause of action accrued. The importance of emphasizing this will be made manifest…
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