Enochs v. Miller

Citations

• 60 Miss. 19

Syllabus

<p>1. Deed. Description of land. Uncertainty.</p> <p>The description of land in a deed as, “107 acres in the south part of south-east quarter of sect. 22, T. 3, R. 2 west ” is not void for uncertainty, but is sufficiently accurate.</p> <p>2. Deed oe Trust. Defective notice of sale. Case in judgment,</p> <p>A deed of trust empowered the trustee to sell and convey the land, upon condition broken, and after giving “ thirty days’ ” notice of the time, place and . terms of sale, by publication in a newspaper. After a breach of the condition of the deed of trust, the trustee published a notice of sale in a weekly newspaper for four successive weeks, and then sold the land; but the first issue of the paper containing the notice came out on the 2d of April, and the sale took place on the 28th of’the same month. Held, that the notice was not sufficient, and the sale passed no title.</p>