Hewling v. Blake
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by S. A. Hewling and others against Henry L. Blake ’and others. From a judgment for defendants under a cross bill, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by S. A. Hewling and others against Henry L. Blake ’and others. From a judgment for defendants under a cross bill, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It has been the law of this state, back and prior to the time of the alleged purchase of the land from the county by" Benson Blake, that “all sales of land and all other conveyances whatsoever of lands shall be void as to all creditors and subsequent purchasers for valuable consideration without notice unless they shall be…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Appellants sued in equity to confirm title claimed by them to the lands described as the north half and southwest quarter of section 6-, township 17, range 4 east, Choctaw district. The defendants made their answer a cross-bill, praying similar relief. The lands lie just north of the Yazoo river in Warren county; and both parties agree that the title passed from the United States to the state of Mississippi under the act of Congress approved September 28, 1850 (chapter 84, section 4, 91 Stat. 5191), and were thereafter ceded by the state of Mississippi to the county of Warren by an act of the…
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