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WOOD v. CHESBOROUGH

No. 257.

228 U.S. 672 (1913)

WOOD v. CHESBOROUGH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Duane E. Fox and Mr. Frank Boughton Fox, with whom Mr. Robert E. Bunker was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. T.M. Miller for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit concerns the title to certain lands in the State of Mississippi. There was an original and an amended bill. The original bill was one to quiet title simply. An answer was filed to it which, among other defenses, set up the decree, hereafter referred to, and adverse possession under the decree. Other defendants were brought in and an amended bill filed. The bills allege the following: Plaintiffs derive...

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