Brown v. Alexander
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Smith county. Hon D. M. Bussell, Chancellor. Bill by M. A. Brown, State Land Commissioner, against W. H. Alexander and others, wherein cross-bill was filed. From a decree for defendants on their cross-bill, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellant exhibited a bill in the court below, alleging that James H. Gardner died intestate, without legal heirs, seised and possessed of certain land, and praying *849that it he decreed to have escheated to the state. Defendants filed an answer and cross-hill, in which they alleged, in substance, that they were children born in lawful wedlock of .Mrs. ——• Gardner, deceased, and that James H. Gardner, deceased, was an illegitimate son of Mrs. Gardner, born after the death of her husband; that the land in controversy was purchased by James H. Gardner with money belonging to his mother, given to…
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