Brown v. Greegan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Leflore county. IioN. M. E. DeNTON, Chancellor. Suit by Clara Y. Greegan against M. A. Brown, State Land Commissioner. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The appellee and her vendors, through whom she claims, obtained by patents from the state title to certain lands in Leflore county, Mississippi.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Leflore county. IioN. M. E. DeNTON, Chancellor. Suit by Clara Y. Greegan against M. A. Brown, State Land Commissioner. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The appellee and her vendors, through whom she claims, obtained by patents from the state title to certain lands in Leflore county, Mississippi. Finding other parties in possession of said lands, appellee filed ejectment suits, which were consolidated and tried in the circuit court. On the trial the court sustained a motion to exclude plaintiff’s evidence, which was sustained, and a peremptory…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The land commissioner of the state issued a patent to appellee for certain lands in Leflore county. Appellee, through mesne conveyances, also obtained a deed to certain other lands in said county; the source of title being a patent issued by the land commissioner. Finding other persons in possession of the lands, she instituted an action in ejectment against them, losing her suit in the circuit court, and on appeal this court affirmed the judgment of the lower court. She then filed a bill of com*152plaint against the land commissioner, setting up the -proceedings in the ejectment suit, showing…
2Cited by1 opinion
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