Dedeaux v. Bayou Delisle Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. IioN. J. M. SteveNS, Chancellor. Bill by O. J. Dedeaux and others against the Bayou Delisle Lumber Company and others. From a decree for defendants dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. IioN. J. M. SteveNS, Chancellor. Bill by O. J. Dedeaux and others against the Bayou Delisle Lumber Company and others. From a decree for defendants dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We want to call the court’s attention, in discussing the question of adverse possession, to the fact that the complainant introduced no witnesses except a surveyor because its title was perfect of record. The respondents are the only ones who introduced any testimony at all, and as that does not…
1Opinion of the CourtHoldeN, J.
The appellants, O. J. Dedeaux et al., filed their bill in the chancery court of Harrison county, seeking to confirm their title, and to cancel appellees’ claim, to certain land described as section 38, township 7, and section 7, township 8, all in range 13, west, St. Stephens meridian, Harrison county, Miss.; and from a decree denying the relief and dismissing the bill, this appeal is taken here.
The undisputed facts, briefly stated, according to this record, are that more than a century ago the land known as section 38, here involved, was granted by the Spanish government to Chevalier…
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