Legal Opinion

Wall v. Wall

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1954No. 39086PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

This is largely a controversy between cotenants in land. The appellants, J. T. Wall, and others, are most of the descendants and heirs of J. J. Wall, who died intestate a resident of Amite County in 1893. At the time of his death, J. J. Wall was the owner of the S% of SEü and SE% of SW% of Sec. 34, T. 1 N., R. 6 E., Amite County, Mississippi.

J. J. Wall, upon his death in 1893, left as his heirs ten children and his wife, Mrs. Sallie Lee Wall. His wife died in 1905, and each of his children thereupon became the owners of a l/10th interest in the above described lands. After the widow’s death…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Grant v. MontgomeryMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Griggs v. GriggsMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Cohea v. HemingwayMississippi Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Nichols v. Gaddis & McLaurin, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Gerald W. Scafidi v. Jo Ann S. HilleMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Brown v. BrothersMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Turner v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Nichols v. Gaddis & McLaurin, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1954

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