Mississippi Supreme Court, 1890

Dowd v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1890 · Campbell

68 Miss. 159

Counsel

Moore & Jones, for appellant., Phelps & Skinner, on the same side., W. P. & J. B. Harris, for appellee., Argued orally by W. P. Harris, for appellee.

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

There was a failure by the complainant to show title in the state of Mississippi, without which even a patent by the state would have been unavailing, Funston v. Metcalf, 40 Miss. 504, and the cause failed for want of this first step, which precludes the consideration of any other question, since the decree is correct upon the whole record.

Affirmed.

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