BURKLEY v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 38298.

213 Miss. 836 (1952)

58 So.2d 22

BURKLEY, et al. v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Truly & Truly, for appellants.

Corban & Corban, and Matthew Harper, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Roberds, J.

Burkley, the appellant, filed the bill in this cause to remove, as a cloud upon his title, the claims of Jefferson County and the State of Mississippi to 374 acres of lieu school lands located in said county. Burkley appeals from dismissal of his bill.

The primary question is whether said County, as trustee of school lands, legally conveyed the fee to said lands. That is to be determined by the record and oral evidence, aided by appropriate...

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