Nelson v. Sims
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the northern district vice-chancery court, at Columbus; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The bill in this case as filed, charges that on the 19th of December, 1833, Edward Sims, of whom the complainants are heirs at law, entered at the land-office in Columbus, four several parcels or tracts of land, for all of -which he paid and performed all things to entitle him to said land; and at the date of the transaction, the land-office was so loosely and…
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On appeal from the northern district vice-chancery court, at Columbus; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The bill in this case as filed, charges that on the 19th of December, 1833, Edward Sims, of whom the complainants are heirs at law, entered at the land-office in Columbus, four several parcels or tracts of land, for all of -which he paid and performed all things to entitle him to said land; and at the date of the transaction, the land-office was so loosely and negligently kept, indeed so much confused and disordered, that there is no note or memorandum on any of the books of either…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
This bill was filed by the -appelles as the heirs of Edward Sims, to prove a conveyance of four eighths of land, from the appellant, John Nelson, who holds the legal title to it. The complainants base their claim to the land upon an alleged purchase from the United States, made at the land-office at Columbus, on the 19th day of December, 1833. On the other hand, the defendant claims the land by virtue of a patent, based upon an entry made at the same office, dated the 19th of July, 1834, and of course subsequent to the purchase or entry of Sims.
It is manifest from' this statement, that the…
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