Legal Opinion

Nichols v. Gaddis & McLaurin, Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1954No. 39318PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*216Ethridge, 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 *217was warranted in finding that there was an onster of cotenants by a cotenant in possession at the time of the foreclosure, who thereafter continued in possession as a tenant of appellee.

On December 22, 1897, the owners of a tract of land in the Second Judicial District of Hinds County containing a little less than 100 acres conveyed it to Matt Nichols and four of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. McCaughn v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Hulvey v. HulveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. Peeples v. BotkinMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Smith v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Hurst v. J. M. Griffin & Sons, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Alf Key v. Mrs. Louise P. WiseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  2. Wofford v. WoffordMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Quates v. GriffinMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Cheeks v. HerringtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Jordon v. WarrenMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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