Gardner v. State

This case is a sequel to Gardner, et al v. State of Mississippi, et al, 235 Miss. 119, 108 So. 2d 592, and State of Mississippi, et al v. Gardner, et al, 236 Miss. 768, 112 So. 2d 362.

In those cases, the appellants had sought to recover the mineral interest of their predecessor, D. A. Wilkinson, who had told the same to Robert York. They charged that, by reason of the judgment which was obtained by York on November 5,1945, in the federal court against Wilkinson in the total amount of $2,500, a rescission of the contract had been effected and that the title had been revested in Wilkinson. They…