Dochterman v. Marshall

Citations

• 92 Miss. 747
• 46 So. 542

Syllabus

<p>1. Adverse Possession. Land suit. Equity. Pleadings. Statute of limitations.</p> <p>In an equity suit involving title to land a defendant, shown -by his pleadings and the evidence to have acquired title by adverse possession, will not he cast in the suit because of his failure to technically plead the statute of limitations.</p> <p>2. Deeds. Description. G-eneral. Particular. Intent of parties. Reformation.</p> <p>The rule that a subsequent particular description of land in a deed controls a preceding general description does not apply so as to prevent reformation where its application would clearly do violence to the intent of the parties to the conveyance.</p>