Legal Opinion

Dillon v. Hackett

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 1948PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

In February, 1944, Curtis Hackett and others filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Pike County to partite certain land and following this a decree was entered adjucating that the land was not susceptable of partition in kind and the land was sold for a division of the proceeds. The original petition for partition alleged that each one of the parties complainant and the parties defendant owned an undivided one-tenth interest in the land. This petition was sworn to on February 14, 1944. The final decree, confirming the sale and ordering distribution of the funds, adjudicated the interest of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Solomon v. SolomonMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Gardner v. DuncanMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. McCutchenMississippi Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Carter v. BrewtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Lockhart v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Betty Lockhart v. Richard CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 2010

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