Dresser v. Hathorn

The appellant, Louisa E. Dresser, filed a bill in the chancery court of Pearl River county, claiming to be the owner of, and seeking to quiet and confirm her title to, the south half of the northwest quartei", and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 2. south, range 15 west, in Pearl River county, Miss., which lands were alleged to be worth approximately fifteen thousand dollars or twenty thousand dollars.

In the bill the appellant deraigned her title briefly as follows: That these lands were swamp and overflowed lands, donated by Act of Congress of September 28, 1850…