Bunckley v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the chancery court of Franklin county. HoN. Claude Pusttard, Chancellor. Bunckley, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Jones and others, appellees, were defendants there. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, Special J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The record in this case shows that on May 10, 1847, Ransom Bunckley, owning a large body of land in Franklin county, some thirty-odd slaves,- horses, cattle, etc., by deed conveyed a portion of the same to his three sons, Nathan, Ransom P., and Douglass. After the granting clause in the deed, he made this provision: “To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, the said negroes and stock, together with all the rights, *3liberties, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances hereby granted or intended to be granted unto the said…
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