Legal Opinion

Fox v. Wilkins

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1947No. 36259PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.

Appellant filed bill to remove the cloud upon her asserted title by appellee’s claim of ownership. The land involved is a tract of 4.60 acres constituting part of the Fox Plantation of 1607 acres theretofore owned by R. C. Fox, S-r. Appeal is from decree dismissing the bill.

Both parties claim from the common source. The litigated tract is situated upon lands now owned by appellee Wilkins but had been occupied by appellant and her husband as their home since their marriage in 1925 up to the date of the husband’s death in 1938.

The entire plantation was conveyed by R. C. Fox, Sr., in 1920 to R.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wildey v. Bonney's LesseeMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Pipes v. BucknerMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Graves v. BowersMississippi Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Nichols v. Gaddis & McLaurin, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Quates v. GriffinMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Hurst v. J. M. Griffin & Sons, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Cheeks v. HerringtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Monaghan v. WagnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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