Richards v. Lee

Mississippi Supreme Court
Richards v. Lee, 91 Miss. 657 (Miss. 1907)
45 So. 570
Calhoon

Richards v. Lee

Opinion of the Court

Calhoon, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Lee brought this action of ejectment against appellant, and recovered; and she appeals. There was a mutual demand by the parties for a bill of particulars of title. .The plaintiff furnished his; but the defendant did not. The statute provides that these bills of particulars shall be furnished on demand, pointing to the records. Where the claim of title is not of record, but depends on matters en pais, the statute requires a statement of facts. In the particular case, Mrs. Richards, defendant below, and appellant here, sought, on the trial, to be permitted to then make a bill of particulars showing title by adverse possession for more than ten years. The court refused to allow this on the trial, and we will not disturb the action of the court.

There is no danger of injustice in affirming this action of the court, because it is perfectly manifest that Mrs. Richards is concluded by judicial proceedings to which she was a party *662■within three years of the present litigation. It is also manifest that the plaintiff deduced a perfect title from the common source, and was under no sort of necessity to go back to the government.

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Sylvia Richards v. Frank M. Lee
Status
Published
Syllabus
1. Ejectment. Bill of particulars of title. Code 1906, § 1827. Failure to furnish. -Evidence. Under Code 1906, § 1827, providing for bills of particulars of title in ejectment suits, if a party, after due demand on him therefor, fail to render a bill of particulars as required by the statute and enter upon the trial before doing so, it is not error in the absence of excuse for the failure, to exclude all testimony offered by him, especially where it is manifest that the proffered evidence, if received, would not make out his side of the case. 2. Same. Title to support action. Common source. A plaintiff in ejectment can recover without deraigning title from the government, by showing in himself a perfect title from the common source under whom he and the defendant both claim the land.