Butterfield Lumber Co. v. Guy
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell, Chancellor. Guy, appellee, was complainant in the court below; the lumber company, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree ■overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint the court below .granted, and defendant prosecuted, an appeal to the supreme court-. The deed the construction of which was involved is as follows : “State of Mississippi, Lincoln county.
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From the chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell, Chancellor. Guy, appellee, was complainant in the court below; the lumber company, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree ■overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint the court below .granted, and defendant prosecuted, an appeal to the supreme court-. The deed the construction of which was involved is as follows : “State of Mississippi, Lincoln county. In consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars cash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, we convey and warrant to the Norwood & Butterfield…
1Opinion of the Court
Mayes, J.,
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
On March 15, 1892, George W. and Victoria Guy, for a consideration of $200, receipt of which is acknowledged, conveyed to the Norwood & Butterfield Lumber Company by warranty deed all the green pine timber on a certain tract of land, which is described in the deed. The Norwood & Butterfield Lumber Company subsequently conveyed this timber to the Butterfield Lumber Company; hence this suit against it. In 1906, Guy brought this suit in the chancery court of Lincoln county, praying that the title of the lumber company under the deed be canceled. It…
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