Mississippi Reports ... Being Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, Volume 37E.W. Stephens Publishing Company, 1860 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... sold the said lands , and the defendant claims the same derivatively under the purchase , at said sale , and was in possession of the premises when the suit was brought . The said lands were sold by the said administrator on the 5th ...
... sold the said lands , and the defendant claims the same derivatively under the purchase , at said sale , and was in possession of the premises when the suit was brought . The said lands were sold by the said administrator on the 5th ...
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... sold , as to pay the residue of the debts of said deceased ; and that such citation be given , by posting up three or more advertisements in the counties where the said lands , tenements , and hereditaments lie , and that said citation ...
... sold , as to pay the residue of the debts of said deceased ; and that such citation be given , by posting up three or more advertisements in the counties where the said lands , tenements , and hereditaments lie , and that said citation ...
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... sold to J. D. Bradford for $ 2579 20 , and was sworn to and subscribed before the Probate Judge of Pontotoc county by B. D. Anderson , January 5th , 1841 , and by the said Probate Judge ordered to be recorded . Defendant also offered in ...
... sold to J. D. Bradford for $ 2579 20 , and was sworn to and subscribed before the Probate Judge of Pontotoc county by B. D. Anderson , January 5th , 1841 , and by the said Probate Judge ordered to be recorded . Defendant also offered in ...
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... sold in October , 1840 , by virtue of a decree or order of the Probate Court of the county of Pontotoc , and that said sale had been bona fide made , and the purchase - money paid by the vendee , and that said land had been held by ...
... sold in October , 1840 , by virtue of a decree or order of the Probate Court of the county of Pontotoc , and that said sale had been bona fide made , and the purchase - money paid by the vendee , and that said land had been held by ...
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... sold for the payment of debts . All this appearing , why is it , that in a collateral proceeding impeaching the order of sale , every court is not bound , by established rules , to infer that the notice was published in pursuance of the ...
... sold for the payment of debts . All this appearing , why is it , that in a collateral proceeding impeaching the order of sale , every court is not bound , by established rules , to infer that the notice was published in pursuance of the ...
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31 Miss accused action administrator admitted adverse possession alleged appears appellee Attala county authority bill bond Bridault chancery charge Circuit Court cited claim clause Code common law complainant condition Constitution contract court of chancery court of equity debts deceased declared decree deed defendant in error delivered the opinion demurrer emancipation entitled equity evidence executed executor fact filed Fleet Magee fraud heirs held Hinds county indictment instruction intended interest intestate issue judge judgment jurisdiction juror jury land legatee liable Loggins ment Mississippi Mississippi Central Railroad Mitchell negro objection offence overruled owner paid party payment person plaintiff in error plea pleaded Pontotoc county principle prisoner Probate Court proceeding proof provisions purchase purchase-money question record refused rendered rule slaves Statute of Limitations sued suit surety testator testimony tion trial trust validity vendee verdict vested void wife witness
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Page 267 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the government might choose to grant them.
Page 249 - States legal tender notes. And when any of said notes may be redeemed or be received into the Treasury under any law from any source whatever and shall belong to the United States, they shall not be retired...
Page 230 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations ; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Page 49 - ... public trial by an impartial jury. He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, but by due course of law.
Page 267 - ... in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.
Page 324 - And these may be reduced to three principal or primary articles ; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty and the right of private property...
Page 53 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 230 - In the opinion of the court, the legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as part of the people, nor intended to be included in the general words used in that memorable instrument.
Page 238 - International Law, as understood among civilized nations, may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among independent nations ; with such definitions and modifications as may be established by general consent.
Page 30 - The granting the license to sell is an adjudication upon all the facts necessary to give jurisdiction, and whether they existed or not, is wholly immaterial, if no appeal is taken ; the rule is the same whether the law gives an appeal or not: if none is given from the final decree, it is conclusive on all whom it concerns.