Brooks-Scanlon Co. v. Stogner
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Walthall county. Hon. R. W. Ctjtrer, chancellor. Bill hy Brooks-Scanlon Company and others against H. T. Stoger. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The Brooks-Scanlon Company, a corporation, filed its bill in the chancery court of Walthall county in .1915 against H. T.' Stogner to confirm title to that company to the south one-half of southwest one-fourth section 15, township 1, range 12 E., and deraigned title through a series of conveyances back to the United States government, the United States having conveyed under the swamp land grant to the state of Mississippi, and the state of Mississippi, in 1883, conveying the land to another party, in a chain of title from whom, by a chain of title, appellant acquired a deed. In 1907 suit was…
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