Legal Opinion

Nichols v. Gaddis & McLaurin, Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1954No. 39318Published

1Opinion of the Court

222 Miss. 207 (1954)

75 So.2d 625

NICHOLS, et al.

v.

GADDIS & McLAURIN, INC.

No. 39318.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 15, 1954.

Craig Castle, Jackson; Carl E. Guernsey, Laurel, for appellants.

James H. Adams, Raymond; Vardaman S. Dunn, Jackson, for appellee.

James H. Adams, Raymond; Vardaman S. Dunn, Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellee, Gaddis and McLaurin, Inc., was a purchaser of land at a void foreclosure sale. The chancery court held that appellee had title to it by adverse possession after the sale. The question is whether the trial court was warranted in finding that there was an…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent · Hall; Dissent · Gillespie; Dissent · Lee.

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Lessee of Ewing v. BurnetSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
  2. Bucher v. Cheshire RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Fletcher v. FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. McCaughn v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Hulvey v. HulveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895

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