Doe ex dem. Foute v. McDonald
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. P. W. Tompkins, judge. The opinion contains the facts of the case on which the decision was made, as well as the instructions of appellants refused by the circuit court.
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In error from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. P. W. Tompkins, judge. The opinion contains the facts of the case on which the decision was made, as well as the instructions of appellants refused by the circuit court. The first bill of exception presents the question of legality of' opinion of the court below, in rejecting two certificates of A. Morgan, register of land-office, of entries of lands, by Jacob Collins and Joseph W. Camp; copies of which are set out, and were offered as evidence by plaintiffs below (and plaintiffs in error here) to the jury, and rejected by the court. As to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
*615This was an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Hinds county, brought by the lessors of the plaintiff, for a tract of land in that county. The declaration contained two demises, one by Jacob F. Foute and the other by Augustus M. Foute. On the trial both of these demises were attempted to be supported, title under the former being rested on a sheriff’s sale under execution against one Jacob Collins; and under the latter, on a tax collector’s sale. Our attention will be confined to the former title, and to such questions in relation to it as in our view will determine title as between…
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