Dunn v. Winston
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Circuit Court of Rankin county. Hon. John E. M'Nair, judge. A full statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
The plaintiff below brought this action under the Pleading Act of 1850, in the Circuit Court of Rankin county, to recover a tract of land in the possession of the defendant.
The land was entered on the 13th of May, 1835, in the names of Ogden, Hadley and Ludlow. Ogden and Hadley having transferred their interest to Ludlow, he conveyed the land to the plaintiff on the 20th of April, 1837. The land was afterwards on the 10th of December, 1840, patented by the government to Ludlow.
The title thus acquired of course inured to his vendee, the plaintiff. The evidence having closed on behalf of the…
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